Clitics - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Spencer is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. Klappentext The first introduction to clitics, providing a complete summary of their properties and their uses. Zusammenfassung The first introduction to clitics! providing a complete summary of their properties! their uses! the reasons why they are of interest to linguists and the various theoretical approaches that have been proposed for them. The book describes a whole host of clitic systems and presents data from over 100 languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Preliminaries; 2. The functions of clitics; 3. Types of clitic system; 4. Clitics and phonology; 5. Clitics and morphology; 6. Clitics and syntax; 7. Clitics, affixes and words; 8. Approaches to clitics; 9. Envoi.

Product details

• Authors: Ana R. Luis, Ana R. (Universidade de Coimbra Luis, Ana R. Luís, Andrew Spencer, Andrew (University of Essex) Spencer, Andrew (University of Essex) Luis Spencer, Andrew Luis Spencer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.2012
• EAN: 9780521864282
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86428-2
• No. of pages: 388
• Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguis; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology