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Title Interaction of morphology and syntax: case studies in Afroasiatic / edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations
Series Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 75
Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 75
Contents Interaction of Morphology and Syntax; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; References; Case-marking, syntactic domains and information structure in Kabyle (Berber); The internal and comparative reconstruction of verb extensions in early Chadic and Afroasiatic; One way of becoming a dative subject; Coding the unexpected; Ergative-active features of the Ethiopian Semitic type; Number as an exponent of gender in Cushitic; Relativization in Kambaata (Cushitic); Between coordination and subordination in Gawwada; Author index; Language index; Subject index
Summary The present volume deals with hitherto unexplored issues on the interaction of morphology and syntax. These selected and invited papers mainly concern Cushitic and Chadic languages, the least-described members of the Afroasiatic family. Three papers in the volume explore one or more typological characteristics across an entire language family or branch, while others focus on one or two languages within a family and the implications of their structures for the family, the phylum, or linguistic typology as a whole. The diversity of topics addressed within the present volume reflects the great di
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Afroasiatic languages -- Morphology
Afroasiatic languages -- Syntax
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic.
Form Electronic book
Author Frajzyngier, Zygmunt.
Shay, Erin.
LC no. 2008003581
ISBN 9789027290236
9027290237
1282105388
9781282105386
9786612105388
6612105380