Grammatical Number in Welsh : Diachrony and Typology Paperback / softback
by Silva Nurmio
Part of the Publications of the Philological Society series
Paperback / softback
Description
The first comprehensive treatment of grammatical number in Welsh - an intriguing, yet relatively neglected area in the study of number phenomena. Comprises major contributions to the study of grammatical number based on a new corpus collected from Middle Welsh texts and a reassessment of data from Old and Modern WelshApproaches number in Welsh from a cross-linguistic perspective, providing data that can be used by Welsh linguists, Celticists, and non-specialized linguists with no previous knowledge of the languageOffers new answers to whether certain noun types are number categories and explores the significance of literary genre to the study of older language stagesIntegrates both diachronic and typological perspectives, and is based on the full corpus available here: https://zenodo.org/record/3632585#.XjgzwHtS8uUIncludes new findings on minor numbers, mass nouns and their agreement and the loss of dual number which will prove to be of interest to all linguists
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:05/03/2020
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- ISBN:9781119615262
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:05/03/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781119615262
