Author: Lehmann, Winfred Philipp ; editor:
Title: Syntactic Typology : Studies in the Phenomenology of Language
Description: Hassocks [UK], Harvester Press, (1978). orig.cloth, dustwrapper.. 24x15cm, xiv,463 pp. In a rubbed dustwrapper. Some light binding soil.. Some rubbing. Some light page-edge spotting. VG. ¶ Contents. The Great Underlying Ground-Plans; Japanese: A Characteristic OV Language; Easter Island: A Characteristic VSO Language; English: Characterstic SVO Language; An Exploration of Mandarin Chinese; The Syntax of Subject-Final Languages; Ergativity; Conclusion: Toward an Understanding of the Profound Unity of Underlying Languages.

Keywords: Comparative Grammar, Linguistic Typology, Linguistics, Language, Languages, Syntax, , ,