Noun Phrases in Early Germanic Languages

On the premise that syntactic variation is constrained by factors that may not always be immediately obvious, this volume explores various perspectives on the nominal syntax in the early Germanic languages and the syntactic diversity they display. The fact that these languages are relatively well at...

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Autores principales: Bech, Kristin, Pfaff, Alexander
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Publicado: Language Science Press 2024
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