Describing Morphosyntax

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Describing Morphosyntax
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 0521588057
ISBN-13 : 9780521588058
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Book Synopsis Describing Morphosyntax by : Thomas E. Payne

Book excerpt: Of the 6000 languages now spoken throughout the world around 3000 may become extinct during the next century. This guide gives linguists the tools to describe them, syntactically and grammatically, for future reference.


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