The Bantu-Romance connection :: a comparative investigation of verbal agreement, DPs, and information structure /

Both Bantu and Romance languages use a V(erb) S(ubject) construction to express thetic ("out-of-the-blue") sentences. Two types of languages can be distinguished within these language families, with respect to the verbal agreement in a thetic VS sentence: in type 1 the verb has default agr...

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Weitere Verfasser: De Cat, Cécile, Demuth, Katherine
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2008.
Schriftenreihe:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 131.
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Zusammenfassung:Both Bantu and Romance languages use a V(erb) S(ubject) construction to express thetic ("out-of-the-blue") sentences. Two types of languages can be distinguished within these language families, with respect to the verbal agreement in a thetic VS sentence: in type 1 the verb has default agreement, whereas in type 2 the verb agrees with the postverbal subject. In the Bantu languages these two types also display a difference in the use of conjoint and disjoint verb forms. Collins (2004), Carstens (2005), and Baker (2008) have previously analyzed such agreement and word order phenomena. These acco
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 355 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027290670
9027290679
1282105647
9781282105645
9786612105647
661210564X

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