Synchrony and diachrony of the balkan infinitive, the: a study in areal, general and historical linguistics
Auteur :
Joseph, Brian D.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521105330
Date de publication :
19 mars 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
520 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study offers a comprehensive and illuminating account of one of the characteristics shared to some degree by the languages of the Balkan peninsula - Greek, Albanian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Romanian - namely the loss of the infinitive and its replacement by finite verb forms.