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The three volumes of Language typology and syntactic description offer a unique survey of syntactic and morphological structure in the languages of the world. Topics covered include parts of speech; passives; complementation; relative clauses; adverbial clauses; inflectional morphology; tense; aspect and mood; and deixis. The major ways these notions are realized u=in the languages of the world are explored, and the contributors provide brief sketches of relevant aspects of representative languages. Each volume is written in an accessible style with new concepts explained and exemplified as they are introduced. Although each volume can be read independently, together they provide a major work of reference that will serve as a manual for field workers and anyone interested in cross-linguistic generalizations.
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The three volumes of Language typology and syntactic description offer a unique survey of syntactic and morphological structure in the languages of the world. Topics covered include parts of speech; passives; complementation; relative clauses; adverbial clauses; inflectional morphology; tense; aspect and mood; and deixis.
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Timothy Shopen is former Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the Australian National University.
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Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 3
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Condition: Bueno. : El tercer volumen de 'Tipología del Lenguaje y Descripción Sintáctica' ofrece una revisión única de la estructura sintáctica y morfológica en los idiomas del mundo. Los temas cubiertos incluyen partes del discurso, pasivas, complementación, cláusulas relativas, cláusulas adverbiales, morfología flexiva, tiempo, aspecto y modo, y deixis. Se exploran las principales formas en que se realizan estas nociones en los idiomas del mundo, y los colaboradores proporcionan breves esbozos de aspectos relevantes de los idiomas representativos. Cada volumen está escrito en un estilo accesible con nuevos conceptos explicados y ejemplificados a medida que se introducen. EAN: 9780521268592 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Idiomas|Educación Título: Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 3 Autor: Timothy Shopen Editorial: Cambridge University Press Idioma: en Páginas: 437 Formato: tapa dura. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-07-30-91c1dd2f
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LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY AND SYNTACTIC DESCRIPTION: VOLUME 3: GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES AND THE LEXICON.
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. ISBN: 0521268591 Pages: 439 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Excellent condition. Seller Inventory # A78384