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Comparative Typology of English and German

John Hawkins
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Basic Grammatical Relations
Basic SVO
case
Case Syncretism
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Comma Intonation
Contrastive Generalisations
cross-linguistic grammar analysis
direct
Direct Object Relation
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generative grammar theory
German Contrasts
Germanic linguistics
grammatical
grammatical morphology
historical language comparison
object
order
OVS
Pied Piping
relations
Root Clauses
Selectional Restrictions
Sov Language
Sov Order
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surface
SVO
SVO Structure
SVO Word Order
syncretism
syntactic parameters
Tough Movement
Verb Final Structures
Verb Position
Versucht Habe
Vice Versa
word
Word Order Freedom
word order variation
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781138919228
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Feb 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

First published in 1986, this book draws together analyses of English and German. It defines the contrasts and similarities between the two languages and, in particular, looks at the question of whether contrasts in one area of the grammar is systematically related to contrasts in another, and whether there is any ‘directionality’ or unity to contrast throughout grammar as a whole. It is suggested that there is, and that English and German can serve as a case study for a more general typology of languages than we now have.

This volume will be of interest to a wide range of linguists, including students of Germanic languages; language typologists; generative grammarians attempting to ‘fix the parameters’ on language variation;’ historical linguists; and applied linguists.

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