Some Syntactic Rules in Mohawk

The aim of this syntactic study, first published in 1979, is to formulate part of a generative grammar of Mohawk. A generative grammar is a finite set of explicit rules which enumerate the sentences of the language and which automatically assign to each sentence its correct grammatical analysis or structural description. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

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Paul Martin Postal

Summary

The aim of this syntactic study, first published in 1979, is to formulate part of a generative grammar of Mohawk. A generative grammar is a finite set of explicit rules which enumerate the sentences of the language and which automatically assign to each sentence its correct grammatical analysis or structural description. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

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• Authors: Postal Paul Martin, Postal, Paul Martin Postal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.04.2018
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics
• EAN: 9781138208711
• ISBN: 978-1-138-20871-1
• Pages: 440
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Syntax; Routledge Library Editions: Syntax
• Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, language structure research, morphosyntax analysis, generative grammar theory, advanced Mohawk syntax study, noun incorporation, verb agreement systems, Iroquoian linguistics