From case to adposition : the development of configurational syntax in Indo-European languages /
In the historical development of many languages of the IE phylum the loss of inflectional morphology led to the development of a configurational syntax, where syntactic position marked syntactic role. The first of these configurations was the adposition (preposition or postposition), which developed...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2006
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| Series: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 280. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In the historical development of many languages of the IE phylum the loss of inflectional morphology led to the development of a configurational syntax, where syntactic position marked syntactic role. The first of these configurations was the adposition (preposition or postposition), which developed out of the uninflected particle/preverbs in the older forms of IE, by forming fixed phrases with nominal elements, a pattern later followed in the development of a configurational NP (article + nominal) and VP (auxiliary + verbal). The authors follow this evolution through almost four thousand year. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxx, 419 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-409) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027292964 9027292965 1282155083 9781282155084 9786612155086 6612155086 |
| ISSN: | 0304-0763 ; |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
