Copulas: universals in the categorization of the lexicon
Auteur :
Pustet, Regina
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199281800
Date de publication :
5 mai 2005
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
425 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Presents an analysis of grammatical descriptions of over 160 languages drawn from the language families of the world. Here, the author advances a comprehensive theory of copularization, which she relates to language classification and to theories of language change, notably grammaticalization.