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Adpositions /

Adpositions lie at the core of the grammar of most languages, their usefulness making them recurrent in everyday speech and writing. Based on an analysis of 350 languages, this pioneering study examines their morphological features, syntactic functions, and semantic and cognitive properties.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hagège, Claude, 1936-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:	Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory.
Subjects:	Grammar, Comparative and general > Prepositions. Grammar, Comparative and general > Postpositions. Prépositions. Postpositions. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES. Syntax. Grammar, Comparative and general > Postpositions Grammar, Comparative and general > Prepositions Electronic books.
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