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1 online resource (xiv, 537 pages) |
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Oxford linguistics |
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Oxford linguistics.
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| Contents |
Three domains of finiteness : a Minimalist perspective / David Adger -- Finiteness in non-transformational syntactic frameworks / Peter Sells -- Deconstructing finiteness : finiteness in a functional-typological perspective / Sonia Cristofaro -- Categories that make finiteness : discreteness from a functional perspective and some of its repercussions / Walter Bisang -- Constructional economy and nonfinite independent clauses / Irina Nikolaeva -- Clause structure and verbal forms in Nakh-Daghestanian languages / Elena Kalinina and Nina Sumbatova -- In what ways can finite and nonfinite clauses differ? Evidence from Russian / David M. Perlmutter -- Verbal and nominalized finite clauses in Turkish / Jaklin Kornfilt -- Diachrony and finiteness : subordination in the dialects of southern Italy / Adam Ledgeway -- Insubordination and its uses / Nicholas Evans -- Finiteness in first and second language acquisition / Petra Gretsch and Clive Perdue |
| Summary |
This book explores the nature of finiteness, clarifying what it is and establishing its usefulness and limitations. Leading scholars look from a range of perspectives at how finiteness is conceived in formal and functional theories of grammar; at its cross-linguistic manifestations; at the finite/nonfinite opposition in individual languages; and at the role of finiteness in linguistic change and linguistic development. The book is written and structured to appeal to scholars and. students of syntax and general linguistics at graduate level and above. - ;This book explores the nature of finiten |
| Analysis |
Finiteness |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-521) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Finiteness (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Finiteness (Linguistics)
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Morphosyntax
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Finite Verbform
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Persoonsvormen.
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17.52 syntax.
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Finiteness (Linguistics)
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitival constructions.
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Jämförande grammatik -- verb.
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Infinitiv.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nikolaeva, Irina
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| LC no. |
2006037201 |
| ISBN |
9781435621602 |
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1435621603 |
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9780191526725 |
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019152672X |
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