Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages
- ISBN-10
- 1107093635
- ISBN-13
- 9781107093638
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 340
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-07-31
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- William Croft
Description
Taking a functional approach, this book provides a thorough overview of Morphosyntax, and sets out a framework for syntactic constructions.
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