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The emergence of functions in language / Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Marielle Butters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, author.
- Butters, Marielle, author.
- Series:
- Oxford linguistics.
- Oxford linguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Function words.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This volume explores the question of why languages differ in the meanings expressed by their grammatical systems. It offers a new methodology to explore the differences and the motivations behind the emergence of meanings, based on data from a wide range of languages, including English, French, Polish, Chadic languages, and Sino-Russian idiolects.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2020.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-187983-5
- 0-19-258256-9
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