Contributions

  • Carnie, Andrew, 1969- - Contributor
  • Dooley-Collberg, Shiela Ann. - Contributor
  • Harley, Heidi. - Contributor

Publication

2005 - John Benjamins Pub., Amsterdam

Language

English

Word Count

107,750 words, Guess

Page Count

431 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC415
  • LCCP295 .V47 2005

Description

"This collection of papers brings together the most recent crosslinguistic research on the syntax of verb-initial languages. Authors with a variety of theoretical perspectives pursue the questions of how verb-initial order is derived, and how these derivations play into the characteristic syntax of these languages. Major themes in the volume include the role of syntactic category in languages with verb initial order; the different mechanisms of deriving V-initial order; and the universal correlates of the order. This book should be of interest to scholars who work on theoretical approaches to word order derivation, typologists, and those who work on the particular grammars of Celtic, Zapotec, Mixtec, Polynesian, Austronesian, Mayan, Salish, Aboriginal, and Nilotic languages."--Jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Linguistik aktuell,

Other Editions

  • Verb firstJohn Benjamins Pub.2005

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