| Description |
1 online resource (910 pages) |
| Series |
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] ; v. 57 |
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Empirical Approaches to Language Typology EALT
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| Contents |
Foreword ; Table of contents ; List of contributors ; List of gloss abbreviations ; Complementizer semantics -- an introduction ; Part I: Indo-European languages ; Finite clause complementizers in Celtic ; Syntactic and semantic aspects of Romance complementizers |
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Complementizer semantics in the Germanic languages Complementizers in Slavonic (Russian, Polish, and Bulgarian) ; Semantic functions of complementizers in Baltic ; The semantics and syntax of complementation markers as an areal phenomenon in the Balkans, with special attention to Albanian |
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Semantics of complementation in Ossetic Complementizers in Romani ; Part II: Non-Indo-European languages ; On the semantic function and selection of Basque finite complementizers ; Semantic functions of complementizers in Maltese |
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Complementation marker semantics in Finnic (Estonian, Finnish, Karelian) Semantic functions of complementizers in Permic languages ; Modal functions of the complementizer hogy 'that' in Hungarian ; Clausal complementation in Turkish and Noghay in a semantic perspective |
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Complementizers in Kalmyk Semantics of complementation in Adyghe ; Complementizers in Hinuq ; Complementizers and the complementizing function -- structure and pragmatics in a panchronic perspective ; Complementizer semantics in European languages: Overview and generalizations |
| Summary |
Annotation This book presents the first comparative study of complementizer semantics in European languages. The focus is on semantics, but related issues such as the syntax, morphology and diachrony of complementizers, and their omission and combination are also discussed. The book contains contributions from experts of individual languages and language families. Both formal and functional approaches are represented, and more than 40 languages are covered |
| Notes |
Language index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Study and teaching
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Study and teaching.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kehayov, Petar
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| ISBN |
9783110416619 |
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3110416611 |
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9783110416664 |
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3110416662 |
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