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Complementation : a cross-linguistic typology /

A complement clause is used instead of a noun phrase; for example one can say either I heard [the result] or I heard [that England beat France]. Languages lacking complement clauses employ complementation strategies to achieve similar semantic results. Detailed studies of particular languages, inclu...

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Other Authors: Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939- (Editor), Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Complement.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clauses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb.
Typology (Linguistics)
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0191516422
9780191516429
128087029X
9781280870293
1429471182
9781429471183
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Complement clauses and complementation strategies in typological perspective / R.M.W. Dixon
  • Complement clause types in Pennsylvania German / Kate Burridge
  • Complement clause types in Israeli / Ghil'ad Zuckermann
  • Complement clause type and complementation strategy in Jarawara / R.M.W. Dixon
  • Complement clause types and complementation strategy in White Hmong / Nerida Jarkey
  • Complement clause types and complementation strategy in Dolakha Newar / Carol Genetti
  • Complement clause types and complementation strategies in Akkadian / Guy Deutscher
  • Complement clause types and complementation strategies in Tariana / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
  • Complement clause type and complementation strategies in Goemai / Birgit Hellwig
  • Complement clause type and complementation strategies in Matses / David W. Fleck
  • Complement clause type and complementation strategy in Kambera / Marian Klamer
  • Complementation strategies in Dyirbal / R.M.W. Dixon.

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