Complementation : a cross-linguistic typology / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.
A complement clause is used instead of a noun phrase; for example one can say either I heard [the result] or I heard [that England beat France]. Languages lacking complement clauses employ complementation strategies to achieve similar semantic results. Detailed studies of particular languages, inclu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Explorations in linguistic typology ;
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| Summary: | A complement clause is used instead of a noun phrase; for example one can say either I heard [the result] or I heard [that England beat France]. Languages lacking complement clauses employ complementation strategies to achieve similar semantic results. Detailed studies of particular languages, including Akkadian, Israeli, Jarawara, and Pennsylvania German, are framed by R.M.W. Dixon's introduction, which sets out the range of issues, and his conclusion, which draws together the. evidence and the arguments. - ;A complement clause is used instead of a noun phrase; for example one can say either. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191516429 0191516422 128087029X 9781280870293 9781429471183 1429471182 |