Canonical Morphology And Syntax
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780199604326
Description: This book presents canonical typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the criteria used to define particular categories or phenomena (eg negation, finiteness, possession) to create a multidimensional space in which language-specific instances can be placed.