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1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 8 |
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Linguistic and literary studies in honor of Archibald A. Hill ; 2 |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 8.
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| Contents |
DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS: ENGLISH -- A semantic view of syntax: Some verbs that govern infinitives -- Continuous/Discrete: A reinterpretation of the mass/count feature of English common nouns -- The direct object nexeme in English -- Some nonrules of English -- Observations on the passive construction -- Two notes on comparatives -- Intuitive rules and factual evidence: /-sp, -st, -sk/ plus [-z] -- The frailty of grammatical concord -- Jespersen�s �Move and Change� class and causative verbs in English -- Squinting grammar and the number of tenses in English |
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The â€?barred-iâ€? morphophone in EnglishA classical case of structural ambiguity or no ambiguity at all -- DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS: OTHER LANGUAGES -- The vowel of the imperfect prefix in Najdi Arabic -- Some aspects of the semantic complexity of KaranÄ? conjunct verbs in Hindi -- Developments in the Hebrew verbal system of Israeli children and youth -- Barbareño Chumash text and lexicon -- Order and reference in Aleut -- Kurdish dialects in Eastern Turkey -- Universal rules and vocalic devoicing in Southern Paiute |
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The semantic significance of S O V sequences in ArmenianPhonetic segments of Haida (Hydaburg dialect) -- The interpretation of glottalized resonants in Straits Salish -- The origin and development of Kituba (Lingua Franca Kikongo) -- The main stress rule in Turkish -- The phonology of the Mixtepec dialect of Mixtec -- Some generative solutions to problems in Cashibo phonology -- Constraints in Zapotec questions and relative clauses -- Inventory and choice in expressive language -- Cuna numeral classifiers -- Complex verbs in Hindi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Linguistics.
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Philology.
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Linguistics
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Philology
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linguistics.
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philology.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Linguistics
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Philology
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Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hill, Archibald A., 1902-1992.
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Jazayery, Mohammad Ali, 1924-2000.
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Polomé, Edgar C.
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Winter, Werner.
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| ISBN |
9783110800432 |
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3110800438 |
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