Basic Word Order (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar): Functional Principles
(Part of the Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics Series)
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This book examines the frequencies of the six possible basic word (or constituent) orders (SOV, SVO, VSO, VOS, OSV, OVS) provides a typologically grounded explanation for those frequencies in terms of three independent, functional principles of linguistic organization. From a database of nearly 1,000 languages and their basic constituent orders, a sample of 400 languages was produced that is statistically representative of both the genetic...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1138964425
ISBN13:9781138964426
Release Date:January 2016
Publisher:Routledge
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.01 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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