Variation and Morphosyntactic Change in Greek : From Clitics to Affixes PDF
by P. Pappas
Part of the Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change series
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This book deals with some of the major theoretical and descriptive concerns of the historical linguist.
The author presents a variationist analysis of weak object pronoun placement in Greek during a transitional period of the language when these elements exhibited both clitic-like and affix-like behaviour.
The statistical analysis of the data, providing the first accurate description of the pattern of variation, is used in showing that existing accounts fall short of a full explanation.
An alternative approach forces re-evaluation of the role of generalizations in linguistic explanation.
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- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Publication Date:19/12/2003
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- ISBN:9780230504714
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- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Publication Date:19/12/2003
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- ISBN:9780230504714
