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The Emergence of Functions in Language.

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This volume explores the question of why languages differ in the meanings expressed by their grammatical systems. It offers a new methodology to explore the differences and the motivations behind the emergence of meanings, based on data from a wide range of languages, including English, French, Poli...

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Main Author: Frajzyngier, Zygmunt
Other Authors: Butters, Marielle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammatical categories.
Semantics.
Catégories grammaticales.
Sémantique.
semantics.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammatical categories
Semantics
Electronic books.
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Summary:This volume explores the question of why languages differ in the meanings expressed by their grammatical systems. It offers a new methodology to explore the differences and the motivations behind the emergence of meanings, based on data from a wide range of languages, including English, French, Polish, Chadic languages, and Sino-Russian idiolects.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (337 p.)
ISBN:9780192582560
0192582569