Brian Nolan

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The Structure of Modern Irish: A Functional AccountHardcover, 8 January 2013

The Structure of Modern Irish: A Functional Account
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Part of Series
Discussions in Functional Approaches to Language
Print Length
304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Equinox Publishing (UK)
Date Published
8 Jan 2013
ISBN-10
1845534212
ISBN-13
9781845534219

Description

Modern Irish is a VSO language, in common with the other Celtic languages, and the order of elements in the structure of transitive sentences is verb-subject-object. This book provides a characterisation of the nominal, verb, clause and information structure of the Irish language from a functional perspective based on Role and Reference Grammar. Included in this analysis are the layered structure of the noun phrase of Irish and the various NP operators, the layered structure of the clause and the verbal system at the syntax-semantic interface along with a number of verb valence behaviours as mediated by event and argument structure. The book also surveys previous treatments of Irish within a functionalist approach. The book examines the derivation of the verbal noun and the contexts in which it is used. It also provides an account of light verbs and complex predicates as they occur within Irish and link this to a characterisation of the information structure of Irish. Additionally it provides an analysis of certain linguistically interesting phenomena that are particular to Irish (and the other Celtic languages) including the two verbs of 'to be'.

Product Details

Author:
Brian Nolan
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
8 January 2013
Dimensions:
23.37 x 16.26 x 2.79 cm
ISBN-10:
1845534212
ISBN-13:
9781845534219
Language:
English
Location:
Sheffield
Pages:
304
Weight:
589.67 gm

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