Clause Structure in South Asian Languages: 61 (Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 61) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402027176 ISBN 13: 9781402027178

Publisher: Springer, 2005

Synopsis

The researchers in the field of theoretical and theoretically inclined descriptive linguistics have for a long time felt a need for detailed and clearly presented linguistic treatments of various syntactic phenomena in South Asian languages.

Clause Structure in South Asian Languages:

• provides a comprehensive overview and covers major aspects of clause structure in a variety of South Asian languages;
• provides detailed analyses of several aspects of phrase structure of many prominent South Asian languages;
• gives theoretically up-to-date treatment of several important issues in South Asian syntax and semantics;
• contains papers by some of the most prominent linguists working on South Asian languages.

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Synopsis

This book is for linguists interested in syntax and semantics, syntactic typology and in South Asian languages. The researchers in the field of theoretical and theoretically inclined descriptive linguistics have for a long time felt a need for detailed and clearly presented linguistic treatments of various syntactic phenomena in South Asian languages. "Clause Structure in South Asian Languages": provides a comprehensive overview and covers major aspects of clause structure in a variety of South Asian languages; provides detailed analyses of several aspects of phrase structure of many prominent South Asian languages; gives theoretically up-to-date treatment of several important issues in South Asian syntax and semantics; and contains papers by some of the most prominent linguists working on South Asian languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402027176
• ISBN 13: 9781402027178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Dayal V., Mahajan Anoop