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1 online resource (vi, 283 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today ; v. 171
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 171.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Noun Phrase in Romance and Germanic; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Foreword; The noun phrase in Germanic and Romance; Part I. Variation; Scaling the variation in Romance and Germanic nominalizations; What all happens when a universal quantifier combines with an interrogative DP; Micro-diversity in Dutch interrogative DPs; Noun phrase structure and movement; A unified structure for Scandinavian DPs; A semantic approach to noun phrase structure and the definite -- indefinite distinction in Germanic and Romance; Definite determiners in two English-based creoles. |
| Summary |
One of the recurrent questions in historical linguistics is to what extent languages can borrow grammar from other languages. It seems for instance hardly likely that each 'average European' language developed a definite article all by itself, without any influence from neighbouring languages. It is, on the other hand, by no means clear what exactly was borrowed, since the way in which definiteness is expressed differs greatly among the various Germanic and Romance languages and dialects. One of the main aims of this volume is to shed some light on the question of what is similar and what is d. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Linguistic change.
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Linguistic change. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sleeman, Antonia Petronella.
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Perridon, Harry.
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| Added Title |
Noun phrase in romance and germanic structure, variation, and change |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Noun phrase in romance and germanic structure, variation, and change. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2011 9789027255549 (DLC) 2010045313 (OCoLC)672300124 |
| ISBN |
9789027287298 (electronic book) |
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9027287295 (electronic book) |
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1283006588 |
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9781283006583 |
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9789027255549 |
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9027255547 |
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