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The Polysynthesis Parameter
Language: en
Pages: 581
Authors: Mark C. Baker
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-01-04 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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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
The Polysynthesis Parameter
Language: en
Pages: 581
Authors: Mark C. Baker
Categories: Grammar, Comparative and general
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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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
The Polysynthesis Parameter
Language: en
Pages: 556
Authors: Mark C. Baker
Categories: Grammar, Comparative and general
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher:

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Baker argues that polysynthetic languages - in which verbs are built up of many parts and where one verb can act as a whole sentence - are more than an accident
The Morphosyntax of the Algonquian Conjunct Verb
Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: Julie Brittain
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Psychology Press

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First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Atoms Of Language
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Mark C Baker
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-05 - Publisher: Basic Books

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Whether all human languages are fundamentally the same or different has been a subject of debate for ages. This problem has deep philosophical implications: If