Basic Word Order (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar): Functional Principles

This book examines the frequencies of the six possible basic word (or constituent) orders (SOV, SVO, VSO, VOS, OSV, OVS) provides a typologically grounded explanation for those frequencies in terms of three independent, functional principles of linguistic organization. From a database of nearly 1,000 languages and their basic constituent orders, a sample of 400 languages was produced that is statistically representative of both the genetic and areal distributions of the world's languages.

Author: Russell S. Tomlin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/21/2016
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781138964426