query: compound order

[Thurgood, Graham]

Dear G.A.

There is a very nice overview of such issues in Harris and Campbell 1995
Historical Syntax in cross-linguistic perspective. Cambridge Studies in
Linguistics 74.

Graham


On 12/21/07 1:00 AM, "Gontzal Aldai" <gontzal.alday at EHU.ES> wrote:

> Dear typologists:
> 
> I am looking for any works testing a putative correlation between word
> order types (e.g. head-final vs. head-initial) and compound ordering
> (e.g. Spanish 'coche-cama' vs. English 'milk-cow').
> 
> I'd also be interested, in general, in the cross-linguistic
> distribution of compound orders and their productivity.
> 
> Thanx in advance, G.A.
> 
> 
> 
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Graham Thurgood
Professor of English and Linguistics
English Department
California State University, Chico
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email: gthurgood at csuchico.edu

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