Studies on Universal Grammar and Typological Variation

Studies on Universal Grammar and Typological Variation
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 261
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ISBN-10 : 9789027227348
ISBN-13 : 9027227349
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Book Synopsis Studies on Universal Grammar and Typological Variation by : Artemis Alexiadou

Download or read book Studies on Universal Grammar and Typological Variation written by Artemis Alexiadou and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles of the present volume consist of generative analyses dealing with several current topics of discussion and debate in syntactic theory, such as clitics, word order, scrambling, directionality, movement. The data in the volume are drawn from a number of typologically diverse languages (e.g. Arabic, Berber, Dutch, Gaelic, Greek, Malagasy).


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