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The evolution of functional left peripheries in Hungarian syntax /

This publication adopts a generative framework to investigate the diachronic syntax of Hungarian, one of only a handful of non-Indo-European languages with a documented history spanning more than 800 years. It focuses particularly on the restructuring of Hungarian syntax from head-final to head-init...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kiss, Katalin É (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 11.
Subjects:
Hungarian language > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Hongrois (Langue) > Syntaxe.
Syntaxe.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Hungarian.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Hungarian language > Syntax
Uralic and Basque Languages & Literatures.
Languages & Literatures.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This publication adopts a generative framework to investigate the diachronic syntax of Hungarian, one of only a handful of non-Indo-European languages with a documented history spanning more than 800 years. It focuses particularly on the restructuring of Hungarian syntax from head-final to head-initial and the resultant changes that occurred.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191780165
0191780162
9780191019784
019101978X