Variation of verbal constructions in Estonian dialects.
Traditional Estonian dialect classifications are based on the phonology, morphology, and lexis, and there are very few studies about syntax available. The present article is the first quantitative syntactic study of Estonian dialects. We concentrate on constructions consisting of finite and non-fini...
| Publicado en: | Literary & Linguistic Computing Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 42 - 63 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2013
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