Functional Categories

by Pieter Muysken

Book Overview

In every language there are descriptive lexical elements, such as evening and whisper, as well as grammatical elements, such as the and -ing. The distinction between these two elements has proven useful in a number of domains, but what is covered by the terms, lexical and grammatical, and the basis on which the distinction is made, appear to vary according to the domain involved. This book analyses the grammatical elements ('functional categories')...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052161998X
• ISBN13: 9780521619981
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"