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

by Russell S. Tomlin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415723574
• ISBN13: 9780415723572
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"