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Deriving Syntactic Relations
Language: en
Pages: 307
Authors: John S. Bowers
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-19 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book proposes that the fundamental building blocks of syntax are relations between words rather than constituents formed from words.
Stability, Variation, and Change of Word-order Patterns Over Time
Language: en
Pages: 355
Authors: Rosanna Sornicola
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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The issue of permanence and change of word-order patterns has long been debated in both historical linguistics and structural theories. The interest in this the
Word Order in Discourse
Language: en
Pages: 606
Authors: Pamela Downing
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-01-01 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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This volume brings together a collection of 18 papers dealing with the problem of word order variation in discourse. Word order variation has often been treated
Word Order Universals
Language: en
Pages: 365
Authors: John A Hawkins
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-19 - Publisher: Elsevier

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Word Order Universals
Pragmatics of Word Order Flexibility
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Doris L. Payne
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-01-01 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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For some time the assumption has been widely held that for a majority of the world's languages, one can identify a "basic" order of subject and object relative