Syntax of Welsh

Klappentext This 2007 book outlines the major syntactic characteristics of Welsh, including word order, agreement, tense and clause structure. Zusammenfassung A concise and accessible 2007 overview of the major syntactic characteristics of Welsh! covering topics such as finite and infinitival clauses! noun phrases! agreement and tense! word order! subjects! clause structure! dialect variation! and the language's historical Celtic background. Will be welcomed by syntactic theorists! typologists! historical linguists and Celticists alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Simple finite clauses; 3. Infinitival clauses; 4. Wh-constructions; 5. Noun phrases; 6. More on agreement; 7. Syntax and mutation; 8. More on verbal syntax; 9. Historical syntax; 10. Welsh as a VSO language.

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• Authors: Robert D. Borsley, Robert D. Tallerman Borsley, BORSLEY ROBERT D TALLERMAN MAGG, Borsley Robert D., Maggie Tallerman, Tallerman Maggie, David Willis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2012
• EAN: 9781107407619
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40761-9
• No. of pages: 412
• Series: Cambridge Syntax Guides; Cambridge Syntax Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Wales, Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Welsh, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology