Word Order Typology And Comparative Constructions

Download or read book Word Order Typology and Comparative Constructions written by Paul Kent Andersen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1983 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph, discussing various aspects involved with a typology of word order, strives to take a next step towards a better understanding of the profound unity underlying languages. The volume is divided into five sections: 1) Word order typology; 2) A critical analysis of word order typology; 3) Word order within comparative constructions; 4) Word order in the comparative construction in the Rigveda; 5) Diachronic aspects of word order withing comparative constructions.