Verb movement and clause structure in Old Romanian /

The book provides a formal analysis of root and complement clauses in Old Romanian, focussing on the combination of Balkan syntactic patterns and Romance morphology. It presents a new perspective on the manifestation of Balkan Sprachbund properties in the language, and on the nature of parametric di...

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Main Authors: Hill, Virginia (Author), Alboiu, Gabriela (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 18.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The book provides a formal analysis of root and complement clauses in Old Romanian, focussing on the combination of Balkan syntactic patterns and Romance morphology. It presents a new perspective on the manifestation of Balkan Sprachbund properties in the language, and on the nature of parametric differences in relation to other Romance languages.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191800290
0191800295