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Other authors / contributors: | Carnie, Andrew, 1969-
Dooley, Sheila Ann.
Harley, Heidi.
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ISBN: | 9789027294753 9027294755 9027227977 9789027227973 1588116107 9781588116109 1282157027 9781282157026 9786612157028 661215702X
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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Summary: | This collection of papers brings together the most recent crosslinguistic research on the syntax of verb-initial languages. Authors with a variety of theoretical perspectives pursue the questions of how verb-initial order is derived, and how these derivations play into the characteristic syntax of these languages. Major themes in the volume include the role of syntactic category in languages with verb-initial order; the different mechanisms of deriving V-initial order; and the universal correlates of the order. This book should be of interest to scholars who work on theoretical approaches to w.
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Other form: | Print version: Verb first. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2005 9027227977 9789027227973
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