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Télécharger le livre :  Grammars in Contact
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Grammars in Contact


Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald , R.M.W. Dixon


Languages can be similar in many ways - they can resemble each other in categories, constructions and meanings, and in the actual forms used to express these. A shared feature may be based on common genetic origin, or result from geographic proximity and borrowing. Some...

Parution : 2007-01-04
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  Complementation
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Complementation


Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald , R.M.W. Dixon


A complement clause is used instead of a noun phrase; for example one can say either I heard [the result] or I heard [that England beat France]. Languages differ in the grammatical properties of complement clauses, and the types of verbs which take them. Some languages...

Parution : 2006-06-22
Format(s) : PDF
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  Serial Verb Constructions
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Serial Verb Constructions


Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald , R.M.W. Dixon


This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of variation, and the final chapter draws out a set of conclusions. These frame fourteen explorations of serial verb constructions and...

Parution : 2005-12-22
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  The Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia
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The Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia


R.M.W. Dixon


This is the first account of Jarawara, a Southern Amazonia language of great complexity and unusual interest, and now spoken by less than two hundred people. It has only two open lexical classes, noun and verb, and a closed adjective class with fourteen members which...

Parution : 2004-10-07
Format(s) : PDF
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  Adjective Classes
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Adjective Classes


Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald , R.M.W. Dixon


This book shows that every language has an adjective class and examines how these vary in size and character. The opening chapter considers current generalizations about the nature and classification of adjectives and sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of their...

Parution : 2004-09-16
Format(s) : PDF
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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