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The Grammar of Copulas Across Languages

Rafael Marin editor Antonio Fábregas editor María J Arche editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:28th Feb '19

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This volume presents a crosslinguistic survey of the current theoretical debates around copular constructions from a generative perspective. Following an introduction to the main questions surrounding the analysis and categorization of copulas, the chapters address a range of key topics including the existence of more than one copular form in certain languages, the factors determining the presence or absence of a copula, and the morphology of copular forms. The team of expert contributors present new theoretical proposals regarding the formal mechanisms behind the behaviour and patterns observed in copulas in a wide range of typologically diverse languages, including Czech, French, Korean, and languages from the Dene and Bantu families. Their findings have implications beyond the study of copulas and shed more light on issues such as agreement relations, the nature of grammatical categories, and nominal predicates in syntax and semantics.

The Grammar of Copulas across Languages is a valuable addition to the literature on copulas...Reading this book was rewarding to me, and I believe it is capable of informing new works in this challenging field. * Aroldo Leal de Andrade, Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais (UFMG), Linguist List *

ISBN: 9780198829867

Dimensions: 236mm x 167mm x 17mm

Weight: 448g

304 pages