A Handbook of Slavic Clitics

By Tracy Holloway King and Steven Franks

Book Overview

Clitics are grammatical elements that are treated as independent words in syntax but form a phonological unit with the word that precedes or follows it. This volume brings together the facts about clitics in the Slavic languages, where they have become a focal points of recent research. The authors draw relevant generalizations across the Slavic languages and highlight the importance of these phenomena for linguistic theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195135881
• ISBN13: 9780195135886
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"