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The Polysynthesis Parameter - Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
Baker, Mark C. (Associate Professor of Linguistics, Associate Professor of Linguistics, McGill University)
The Polysynthesis Parameter - Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
Baker, Mark C. (Associate Professor of Linguistics, Associate Professor of Linguistics, McGill University)
This study argues that polysynthetic languages - in which verbs are built up of many parts and where one verb can act as a whole sentence - are more than an accidental collection of morphological processes; rather they adopt a systematic way of representing predicate-argument relationships.
576 pages, line drawings, tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 8, 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780195093070 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 576 |
Dimensions | 156 × 233 × 26 mm · 770 g |