Word Order Typology and Comparative ConstructionsThis monograph, discussing various aspects involved with a typology of word order, strives to take a next step towards a better understanding of the profound unity underlying languages. The volume is divided into five sections: 1) Word order typology; 2) A critical analysis of word order typology; 3) Word order within comparative constructions; 4) Word order in the comparative construction in the Rigveda; 5) Diachronic aspects of word order withing comparative constructions. |
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adpositions adverbs Andersen asmāt Aśoka bhūyas bigger Brahmanas Chan Classical Sanskrit comparative adjective comparative constructions comparison of inequality constituents construction types dative Delbrück English Enkvist expression Finnish Friedrich genitive grammar Greenberg guages Hittite Indic languages Indo-European Indra investigation Jensen Latin Lehmann and Ratanajoti linguistics maior quam Mallinson and Blake marked patterns markedness marker means meter metrical requirements Middle Indic modified morpho-syntactic noun Old Indic opposite order order adjective order found order of comparative order of elements OV languages OV patterning pāda Pāli parameters particle construction pivot position postpositions prepositions preverb pronoun Puhvel quality or property reconstruction Rigveda semantic sentence show the order specific standard struction surpass syllables syntactic syntax texts tion tvád type III examples typological typological change unmarked order Upanisads váram Vennemann verb verbal construction VO languages word order change word order patterning word order typology