Description
| Summary: | This book presents a comprehensive survey of historically attested relative clause constructions from a diachronic typological perspective. Systematic integration of historical data and a typological approach demonstrates how typology and historical linguistics can each benefit from attention to the other. The diachronic behaviour of relative clauses is mapped across a broad range of genetically and geographically diverse languages. Central to the discussion is the strength of evidence for what have previously been claimed to be 'natural' or even 'universal' pathways of change. While many feat.
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| Item Description: | A. Constructions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (293 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9789027273680
9027273685
1280879483
9781280879487
9786613720795
6613720798 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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