Syntax of Welsh

Name: Syntax of Welsh
Price: 150.98 USD
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ISBN: 9780521836302

ISBN-10: 0521836301

ISBN-13: 9780521836302

Edition: 2007

Authors: Maggie Tallerman, David Willis, Robert D. Borsley, Robert D. Borsley

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Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, is best-known amongst linguists for its verb-initial word order and its use of initial consonant mutations. However it has many more characteristics which are of interest to syntacticians. This is a concise and accessible overview of the major syntactic phenomena of Welsh. A broad variety of topics are covered, including finite and infinitival clauses, noun phrases, agreement and tense, word order, clause structure, dialect variation, and the language's historical Celtic background. Drawing on work carried out in both Principles and Parameters theory and Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, it takes contemporary colloquial Welsh as its starting point…

Book details

List price: $149.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/18/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 410
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.672

David Willis-Watkins is Charles Hodge Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of Daring Prayer, and editor (with Alexander J. McKelway) of The Context of Contemporary Theology: Essays in Honor of Paul Lehmann.




Introduction



Simple finite clauses



Infinitival clauses



Wh-constructions



Noun phrases



More on agreement



Syntax and mutation



More on verbal syntax



Historical syntax



Welsh as a VSO language