{"product_id":"georgian-syntax-a-study-in-relational-grammar-paperback-9780521109710","title":"Georgian Syntax; A Study in Relational Grammar (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521109710","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGeorgian Syntax\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study in Relational Grammar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book provides one of the best and most thorough studies available in English of the syntax of a non-Indo-European language.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlice C. Harris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521109710, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorgian has sometimes been described as a language that is 'totally irregular', where the notions of 'subject', 'object' and 'indirect object' have no relevance. Although it is often cited in work on general linguistics, language universals and language typology, no systematic account of the syntax of this morphologically complex language has been available for Western linguists. Dr Harris's work fills this important need, and indeed her book provides one of the best and most thorough studies available in English of the syntax of a non-Indo-European language. Working in the framework of relational grammar - a framework that is attracting great interest - Dr Harris shows that Georgian does have constructions found in better-known languages, and the study of individual languages to the development of linguistic theory.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Syntactic tests for termhood\u003cbr\u003e 2. Case marking in series I and II\u003cbr\u003e 3. Object camouflage\u003cbr\u003e 4. Object raising\u003cbr\u003e 5. Causative clause union\u003cbr\u003e 6. Version: rules that create indirect objects\u003cbr\u003e 7. Passivization\u003cbr\u003e 8. Inversion\u003cbr\u003e 9. Why pattern is not reducible to pattern B\u003cbr\u003e 10. Non-finite verb forms\u003cbr\u003e 11. Retired term marking\u003cbr\u003e 12. Transitivity\u003cbr\u003e 13. Synthetic passives\u003cbr\u003e 14. Reflexivization\u003cbr\u003e 15. Number agreement\u003cbr\u003e 16. The nature of the Georgian verb classes\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006473818392,"sku":"9780521109710","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521109710i.jpg?v=1694976257","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/georgian-syntax-a-study-in-relational-grammar-paperback-9780521109710","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}