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Syntax: A Functional-Typological Introduction. Volume I

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This two-volume work on syntax views grammar as a non-arbitrary language-processing device, to be understood in terms of the various substantive parameters relevant to language: communicative function, cognitive processing, socio-culture and neuro-biology. Distortions in this complex yet highly iconic code are due to conflicting functional requirements, most commonly introduced into the code through the course of diachronic change. Cross-linguistic variation within each functional domain is highly constrained and yields a ...

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Syntax: A Functional-Typological Introduction. Volume I 1984, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9780915027088

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Syntax: A functional-typological introduction. Volume I 1984, John Benjamins Publishing Co, Amsterdam

ISBN-13: 9789027230126

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Syntax: A Functional-Typological Introduction. Volume I 1984, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9780915027071

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