Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order

Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 549
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ISBN-10 : 9780199684359
ISBN-13 : 0199684359
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Download or read book Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order written by Theresa Biberauer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title considers whether any generalisations can be made about word order in language. The chapters, written by international scholars, draw on data from several 'disharmonic' and typologically distinct languages, including Mandarin Chinese, Basque, French, English, Hixkaryana (a Cariban language), Khalkha Mongolian, Uyghur Turkic, and Afrikaans.


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