Description
Book SynopsisA concise and accessible 2007 overview of the major syntactic characteristics of Welsh, covering topics such as finite and infinitival clauses, noun phrases, agreement and tense, word order, subjects, clause structure, dialect variation, and the language's historical Celtic background. Will be welcomed by syntactic theorists, typologists, historical linguists and Celticists alike.
Trade Review"This volume is a wonderful addition to linguistic work on Welsh that may serve to draw much-deserved attention to this highly complex and fascinating but little-known language. One of the beauties of the book is that even for readers less interested in the mechanics of syntactic analysis, the descriptive material on the various topics covered lays out interesting and nuanced detail, some of which is rarely or never found elsewhere in print." --Anthropological Linguistics
Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Simple finite clauses; 3. Infinitival clauses; 4. Wh-constructions; 5. Noun phrases; 6. More on agreement; 7. Syntax and mutation; 8. More on verbal syntax; 9. Historical syntax; 10. Welsh as a VSO language.
