The Syntax of the Celtic Languages
Subtitle: A Comparative Perspective
Contributors: Robert D. Borsley (Editor); Ian Roberts (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 24, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780521023245
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Reference; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; Celtic Languages; General; Linguistics; Celtic languages--Syntax; Celtic languages--Syntax Celtic languages--Sy; Foreign Language Study / Celtic Languages; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines-Linguistics; Reference-General
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).