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The syntax of Welsh /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The syntax of Welsh // Robert D. Borsley, Maggie Tallerman, David Willis.
Author:	Borsley, Robert D.,
other author:	Tallerman, Maggie,
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 388 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Welsh language - Syntax. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486227
ISBN:	9780511486227 (ebook)

The syntax of Welsh /
Borsley, Robert D.,

The syntax of Welsh /Robert D. Borsley, Maggie Tallerman, David Willis. - 1 online resource (xix, 388 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge syntax guides. - Cambridge syntax guides..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

The Celtic background -- Simple finite classes -- Non-finite verbs and infinitival clauses -- Wh-constructions -- Noun phrases -- More on agreement -- Syntax and mutation -- More on verbal syntax -- Historical syntax -- Welsh as a VSO language.

Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, is best known amongst linguists for its verb-initial word order and its use of initial consonant mutations. However it has many more characteristics which are of interest to syntacticians. This book, first published in 2007, provides a concise and accessible overview of the major syntactic phenomena of Welsh. A broad variety of topics are covered, including finite and infinitival clauses, noun phrases, agreement and tense, word order, clause structure, dialect variation, and the language's historical Celtic background. Drawing on work carried out in both Principles and Parameters theory and Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, it takes contemporary colloquial Welsh as its starting point and draws contrasts with a range of literary and dialectal forms of the language, as well as earlier forms (Middle Welsh) were appropriate. An engaging guide to all that is interesting about Welsh syntax, this book will be welcomed by syntactic theorists, typologists, historical linguists and Celticists alike.

ISBN: 9780511486227 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

579651
Welsh language
--Syntax.

LC Class. No.: PB2171 / .B67 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 491.6/6

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