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The Noun Phrase

By Jan Rijkhoff

The Noun Phrase

By Jan Rijkhoff

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Jan Rijkhoff investigates noun phrases--linguistic constructions with the noun as central element--in a representative sample of the world's 6000 languages and proposes a semantic model to describe their underlying structure. Assuming no knowledge of any formal or functional theory of grammar, he shows that the noun phrase word order patterns of any language can be derived from three universal ordering principles and furthermore that these principles are elaborations of a general ordering strategy, by which elements that belong together semantically tend to occur together syntactically.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
428
Release Date:
2002-09-26
Publication Date:
2002-07-25
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198237820
ISBN13:
9780198237822
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
804 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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