Bringing together the results of sixty years of research in typology
and universals, this textbook presents a comprehensive survey of
Morphosyntax - the combined study of syntax and morphology. Languages
employ extremely diverse morphosyntactic strategies for expressing
functions, and Croft provides a comprehensive functional framework to
account for the full range of these constructions in the world's
languages. The book explains analytical concepts that serve as a basis
for cross-linguistic comparison, and provides a rich source of
descriptive data that can be analysed within a range of theories. The
functional framework is useful to linguists documenting endangered
languages, and those writing reference grammars and other descriptive
materials. Each technical term is comprehensively explained, and
cross-referenced to related terms, at the end of each chapter and in
an online glossary. This is an essential resource on Morphosyntax for
advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and
linguistic fieldworkers.
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Constructions of the World's Languages
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781009302944
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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