| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 370 pages) |
| Series |
Current issues in linguistic theory ; 83 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 83.
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| Contents |
STUDIES IN BRYTHONIC WORD ORDER; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction -- Word Order in Brythonic; On the Prehistory of Brittonic Syntax; Further Notes on Constituent Order in Welsh; Focus and the Welsh 'Abnormal Sentence': A Cross-linguistic Perspective; Word Order in Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys: Notes on the Pragmatics of Constituent-Ordering in MW Narrative Prose; Notes on Word Order in Beunans Meriasek; Some Constituent-order Frequencies in Classical Welsh Prose; The Discourse Pragmatics of NP-Initial Sentences in Breton |
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The Directionality of Head Subcategorization in WelshThe Function of Cleft and Non-cleft Constituent Orders in Modern Welsh; Subject Index |
| Summary |
While Celtic languages are nominally VSO in basic word order, the languages of the Brythonic branch have exhibited striking synchronic and historical variations from the prototype. This volume comprises the very latest research in word order in Welsh, reton and Cornish from nine of the leading scholars in the field. The studies deal with historical, typological and descriptive issues from several approaches (including philological, functional and government and binding). The scope ranges over all the Brythonic languages, as well as the entire diachronic spectrum from the proto-language up to t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Brythonic languages -- Word order
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Brythonic languages -- Dialects -- England -- West Country
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Celtic Languages.
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Language and languages
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| SUBJECT |
West Country (England) -- Languages
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| Subject |
England -- West Country
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fife, James.
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Poppe, Erich.
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| ISBN |
9789027277879 |
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9027277877 |
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1283313383 |
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9781283313384 |
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