Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Noun phrase in romance and germanic structure, variation, and change
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| Other authors / contributors: | Sleeman, Antonia Petronella.
Perridon, Harry.
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| ISBN: | 9789027287298
9027287295
1283006588
9781283006583
9789027255549
9027255547
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | One of the recurrent questions in historical linguistics is to what extent languages can borrow grammar from other languages. It seems for instance hardly likely that each 'average European' language developed a definite article all by itself, without any influence from neighbouring languages. It is, on the other hand, by no means clear what exactly was borrowed, since the way in which definiteness is expressed differs greatly among the various Germanic and Romance languages and dialects. One of the main aims of this volume is to shed some light on the question of what is similar and what is d.
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| Other form: | Print version: Noun phrase in romance and germanic structure, variation, and change. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2011 9789027255549
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