18.3374, Books: Syntax/Historical Linguistics: Borsley, Tallerman, Willis

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Subject: The Syntax of Welsh: Borsley, Tallerman, Willis

 

	
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Title: The Syntax of Welsh 
Publication Year: 2007 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: Robert D. Borsley
Author: Maggie Tallerman
Author: David Willis

Hardback: ISBN:  9780521836302 Pages: 388 Price: U.K. £ 75.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9780521836302 Pages: 388 Price: U.S. $ 145.00


Abstract:

Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, is best-known amongst linguists for
its verb-initial word order and its use of initial consonant mutations.
However it has many more characteristics which are of interest to
syntacticians. This is a concise and accessible overview of the major
syntactic phenomena of Welsh. A broad variety of topics are covered,
including finite and infinitival clauses, noun phrases, agreement and
tense, word order, clause structure, dialect variation, and the
language's historical Celtic background. Drawing on work carried out in
both Principles and Parameters theory and Head-driven Phrase Structure
Grammar, it takes contemporary colloquial Welsh as its starting point and
draws contrasts with a range of literary and dialectal forms of the
language, as well as earlier forms (Middle Welsh) were appropriate. An
engaging guide to all that is interesting about Welsh syntax, this book
will be welcomed by syntactic theorists, typologists, historical linguists
and Celticists alike. 



1. Introduction; 
2. Simple finite clauses; 
3. Infinitival clauses; 
4. Wh-constructions; 
5. Noun phrases; 
6. More on agreement; 
7. Syntax and mutation; 
8. More on verbal syntax; 
9. Historical syntax; 
10. Welsh as a VSO language. 


Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Welsh (cym)
                     Middle Welsh (wlm)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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