Polysynthesis parameter, the
Auteur :
Baker, Mark C.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195093070
Date de publication :
8 févr. 1996
Dimensions :
23,8 x 16,2 x 4,2 cm
Poids :
1098 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This study argues that polysynthetic languages - in which verbs are built up of many parts and where one verb can act as a whole sentence - are more than an accidental collection of morphological processes; rather they adopt a systematic way of representing predicate-argument relationships.