The Syntax of the Celtic Languages
Subtitle: A Comparative Perspective
Contributors: Robert D. Borsley (Editor); Ian Roberts (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 26, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780521481601
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Reference; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines; Celtic Languages; Syntax; General; Linguistics; Celtic languages--Syntax; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics
First sentence: A notable feature of Breton is sentences in which a non-finite verb of some kind appears in initial position followed by an auxiliary and a subject (or if there is no overt subject whatever complement(s) the non-finite verb requires).