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The syntax of roots and the roots of syntax

by Artemis Alexiadou, Hagit Borer, Florian Schäfer

Comparative and general GrammarIndo-European languagesAfroasiatic languagesRootsSyntaxGrammar, comparative and general, syntax

This volume investigates the nature and properties of roots, the core elements of word meaning. Chapters adopt different theoretical approaches to examine the interaction of roots with syntactic structure, and the role of their semantic and morpho-phonological properties in that interaction.

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