Comparative Constructions In Spanish And French Syntax
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Author |
: Susan Price |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 235 |
Release |
: 2016-11-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781315518916 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1315518910 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Comparative Constructions in Spanish and French Syntax by : Susan Price
This study, first published in 1990, presents a comprehensive description of the comparative constructions of Spanish and French, and shows that the apparently numerous differences in their syntactic realisations can be accounted for by general constraints on the expression of comparison. There is also a discussion of parallel constructions in other Romance languages, showing that these languages display a range of constructions equally compatible with the suggested pattern of possibilities resulting from the general constraints proposed. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
Author |
: Michael Jones |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2005-10-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134944897 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134944896 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sardinian Syntax by : Michael Jones
Sardinian Syntax presents the first comprehensive synchronic description of Sardinian syntax available in English. Michael Jones combines a detailed coverage of the language with a theoretical approach that draws on contemporary linguistic theory. The book provides an extensive reference grammar and an invaluable source of information for all linguists whose interests extend beyond the world's major languages.
Author |
: Claudine Chamoreau |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 403 |
Release |
: 2012-04-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110271430 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110271435 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dynamics of Contact-Induced Language Change by : Claudine Chamoreau
Open publication The volume deals with previously undescribed morphosyntactic variations and changes appearing in settings involving language contact. Contact-induced changes are defined as dynamic and multiple, involving internal change as well as historical and sociolinguistic factors. A variety of explanations are identified and their relationships are analyzed. Only a multifaceted methodology enables this fine-grained approach to contact-induced change. A range of methodologies are proposed, but the chapters generally have their roots in a typological perspective. The contributors recognize the precautionary principle: for example, they emphasize the difficulty of studying languages that have not been described adequately and for which diachronic data are not extensive or reliable. Three main perspectives on contact-induced language change are presented. The first explores the role of multilingual speakers in contact-induced language change, especially their spontaneous innovations in discourse. The second explores the differences between ordinary contact-induced change and change in endangered languages. The third discusses various aspects of the relationship between contact-induced change and internal change.
Author |
: Julia Bacskai-Atkari |
Publisher |
: Language Science Press |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
Release |
: 2023-10-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783961104215 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3961104212 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The syntax of functional left peripheries by : Julia Bacskai-Atkari
This book provides a novel analysis for the syntax of the clausal left periphery, focusing on various finite clause types and especially on embedded clauses. It investigates how the appearance of multiple projections interacts with economy principles and with the need for marking syntactic information overtly. In particular, the proposed account shows that a flexible approach assuming only a minimal number of projections is altogether favourable to cartographic approaches. The main focus of the book is on West Germanic, in particular on English and German, yet other Germanic and non-Germanic languages are also discussed for comparative purposes.
Author |
: Elena Valenzuela |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:872684583 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Comparative Grammar and the Relationship Between Syntax and Morphology by : Elena Valenzuela
Author |
: Ronald P. Leow |
Publisher |
: Georgetown University Press |
Total Pages |
: 259 |
Release |
: 2009-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781589015968 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1589015967 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Little Words by : Ronald P. Leow
Little Words is an interdisciplinary examination of the functions and change in the use of clitics, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, discourse particles, auxiliary/light verbs, prepositions, and other “little words” that have played a central role in linguistic theory and in language acquisition research. Leading scholars present advanced research in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse function, historical development, variation, and acquisition by children and adults. This unique volume integrates the views and findings of these different research areas into one professional source to be used within and across disciplines. Languages studied include English, Spanish, French, Romanian, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Slavonic, and Medieval Leonese.
Author |
: Rebecca Posner |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 1996-09-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521281393 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521281393 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Romance Languages by : Rebecca Posner
What is a Romance language? How is one Romance language related to others? How did they all evolve? And what can they tell us about language in general? In this comprehensive survey Rebecca Posner, a distinguished Romance specialist, examines this group of languages from a wide variety of perspectives. Her analysis combines philological expertise with insights drawn from modern theoretical linguistics, both synchronic and diachronic. She relates linguistic features to historical and sociological factors, and teases out those elements which can be attributed to divergence from a common source and those which indicate convergence towards a common aim. Her discussion is extensively illustrated with new and original data, and an up-to-date and comprehensive bibliography is included. This volume will be an invaluable and authoritative guide for students and specialists alike.
Author |
: Klaus Abels |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2012-10-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110284225 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110284227 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Phases by : Klaus Abels
The minimalist notion of a phase has often been investigated with a view to the interfaces. ‘Phases’ provides a strictly syntax-internal perspective. If phases are fundamental, they should provide the grounds for a unifying treatment of different syntactic phenomena. Concentrating on displacement, the book argues that this expectation is borne out: there is an empirical clustering of properties, whereby the phrases that undergo pied-piping are also the phrases that host intermediate traces of cyclic movement. The same phrases also host partial and secondary movement. Finally, the immediate complements within these phrases never strand the embedding heads. The phrases that show this behaviour are the phases (CP, vP, DP, and PP). To account for the cluster of properties, phases are claimed to have two special properties: their complement is inaccessible to operations outside, the Phase Impenetrability Condition; their heads may be endowed with unvalued features that are neither connected to the categorical status of the phase nor interpreted on it. It is shown how the cluster of empirical properties flows naturally from these two assumptions, supporting the idea that phases are indeed a fundamental construct in syntax.
Author |
: Catherine E. Harre |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 2005-10-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134934607 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134934602 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tener + Past Participle by : Catherine E. Harre
A study of tener + past participle - an often neglected construction - as used in the modern language and an historical survey of its evolution. It encapsulates many of the problems encountered by the synchronic linguist.
Author |
: Corinne Rossari |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2012-11-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004253193 |
ISBN-13 |
: 900425319X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grammaticalization and Pragmatics: Facts, Approaches, Theoretical Issues by : Corinne Rossari
The studies collected in this volume deal with pragmatic factors involved in the evolution of grammatical or lexical forms or in the emergence of complex syntactic structures in various languages (Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian and Spanish). They are set against the theoretical framework of grammaticalization. The main methodological tools are cross-linguistic contrastive analysis and diachronic perspective. The two main issues that emerge from these studies are the place of pragmatic factors in language change (input, output or setting/frame of the process) and the existence or otherwise of a prevailing mechanism for explaining change phenomena.