Clause structure
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Clause structure
(Language typology and syntactic description / edited by Timothy Shopen, v. 1)
Cambridge University Press, 1985
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at 138 libraries
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Note
Bibliography: p. [365]-380
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The three volumes of Language Typology and Syntactic Description offer a unique survey of syntactic and morphological structure in the languages of the world. Topics covered include parts of speech; passives; complementation; relative clauses; adverbial clauses; inflectional morphology; tense, aspect and mood; and deixis. The major ways these notions are realized in the languages of the world are explored, and the contributors provide brief sketches of relevant aspects of representative languages. Each volume is written in an accessible style with new concepts explained and exemplified as they are introduced. Although each volume can be read independently, together they provide a major work of reference that will serve as a manual for field workers and anyone interested in cross-linguistic generalizations.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations for grammatical items
- Introduction
- 1. Parts-of-speech systems Paul Schachter
- 2. The major functions of the noun phrase Avery Andrews
- 3. Speech art distinctions in syntax Jerrold M. Sadock and Arnold M. Zwicky
- 4. Negation John R. Payne
- 5. Passive in the world's languages Edward L. Keenan
- 6. Information packaging in the clause William A. Foley and Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.
- Bibliography
- Index.
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