| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 168 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today,
0166-0829 ; v. 136
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 136.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-159) and index. |
| Contents |
The Grammar of Repetition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Overview and orientation; Prefatory remarks on Nupe grammar; Bare root verbal repetition; Predicate cleft; Lower copy resumption; Repetition and beyond; References; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. |
| Summary |
Displacement is a fundamental property of grammar. Typically, when an occurrence moves it is pronounced in only one environment. This was previously viewed as a primitive/irreducible property of grammar. Recent work, however, suggests that it follows from principled interactions between the syntactic and phonological components of grammar. As such, the phonetic character of movement chains can be seen as both a reflection of and probe into the syntax-phonology interface. This volume deals with repetition, an atypical outcome of movement operations in which displaced elements are pronounced mul. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nupe language -- Grammar.
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Nupe language. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
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African languages -- Grammar.
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African languages -- Grammar. |
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African languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kandybowicz, Jason. Grammar of repetition. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008 (DLC) 2008034286 |
| ISBN |
9789027290656 (electronic book) |
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9027290652 (electronic book) |
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1282104586 |
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9781282104587 |
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9789027255198 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027255199 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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