基本信息出版社：Oxford University Press, USA
页码：576 页
出版日期：1996年01月
ISBN：0195093070
条形码：9780195093070
装帧：精装
开本：576
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

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This book investigates in detail the grammar of polysynthetic languages--those with very complex verbal morphology. Baker argues that polysynthesis is more than an accidental collection of morphological processes; rather, it is a systematic way of representing predicate-argument relationships that is parallel to but distinct from the system used in languages like English. Having repercussions for many areas of syntax and related aspects of morphology and semantics, this argument results in a comprehensive picture of the grammar of polysynthetic languages. Baker draws on examples from Mohawk and certain languages of the American Southwest, Mesoamerica, Australia, and Siberia.
作者简介 Mark C. Baker is at McGill University.