Prolegomena to a typology of periphrasis

• Main Authors: Corbett, GG, Brown, DP, Chumakina, M
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Sadler; Stump; nenets
• Online Access: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/770010/1/SRI_deposit_agreement.pdf

Periphrasis straddles the boundary between syntax and morphology, and so creates analytical and theoretical problems. These concern the nature of the word, the interaction between syntax and morphology, and the possible sizes and shapes of inflectional paradigms. Progress has been hampered because t...