Balkan Syntax and (Universal) Principles of Grammar

• Author(s): Iliyana Krapova, Brian Joseph,
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
• Pages: 349
• ISBN_10: 3110393379
  ISBN_13: 9783110393378
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Foreign Language Study / General , Foreign Language Study / Slavic Languages (Other) , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative ,

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This book investigates morpho-syntactic convergences that characterize the languages of the Balkan Sprachbund: Balkan Slavic, Greek, Romanian, Albanian, Balkan Romani. Apart from new data, the volume features contributions within different theoretical frameworks (contact linguistics, functional linguistics, typology, areal linguistics, and generative grammar).