Andrew Spencer, Ana R. Luis

Clitics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first introduction to clitics, providing a complete summary of their properties, their uses, the reasons why they are of interest to linguists and the various theoretical approaches that have been proposed for them. The book describes a whole host of clitic systems and presents data from over 100 languages.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9780521682923
• ISBN-10: 0521682924
• Artikelnr.: 35407919

Autorenporträt

Andrew Spencer is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preliminaries; 2. The functions of clitics; 3. Types of clitic system; 4. Clitics and phonology; 5. Clitics and morphology; 6. Clitics and syntax; 7. Clitics, affixes and words; 8. Approaches to clitics; 9. Envoi.

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1. Preliminaries
2. The functions of clitics
3. Types of clitic system
4. Clitics and phonology
5. Clitics and morphology
6. Clitics and syntax
7. Clitics, affixes and words
8. Approaches to clitics
9. Envoi.

Rezensionen

'... a reliable and well organized guide through the fascinating world of clitics. The authors deserve praise for the lucid and balanced way in which they present and analyze clitic phenomena in such a remarkably wide range of languages.' Geert Booij, University of Leiden