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Copulas: Universals in the Categorization of the Lexicon - Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
Pustet, Regina (, University of Munich)
Copulas: Universals in the Categorization of the Lexicon - Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
Pustet, Regina (, University of Munich)
Presents an analysis of grammatical descriptions of over 160 languages drawn from the language families of the world. This book shows that some languages have a single copula, others several, and some none at all. It links the distribution of copulas to variations in lexical categorization and syntactic structure.
276 pages, numerous figures
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | June 12, 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780199258505 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 276 |
Dimensions | 241 × 164 × 23 mm · 584 g |
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