TY - BOOK ID - 10122581 TI - The syntax of Welsh AU - Borsley, Robert D AU - Tallerman, Maggie AU - Willis, David W E PY - 2007 SN - 9780521836302 0521836301 9780511486227 9781107407619 0511366159 9780511366154 9780511367397 0511367392 0511486227 1107174864 9781107174863 1281146013 9781281146014 9786611146016 6611146016 1139130692 9781139130691 0511366809 9780511366802 0511365527 9780511365522 1107407613 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Welsh language KW - Cambrian language KW - Cambric language KW - Cymraeg language KW - Cymric language KW - Brythonic languages KW - Syntax. KW - Syntax KW - Celtic languages KW - Celtic philology KW - Indo-European languages KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10122581 AB - Welsh, like the other Celtic languages, is best known amongst linguists for its verb-initial word order and its use of initial consonant mutations. However it has many more characteristics which are of interest to syntacticians. This book, first published in 2007, provides a concise and accessible overview of the major syntactic phenomena of Welsh. A broad variety of topics are covered, including finite and infinitival clauses, noun phrases, agreement and tense, word order, clause structure, dialect variation, and the language's historical Celtic background. Drawing on work carried out in both Principles and Parameters theory and Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, it takes contemporary colloquial Welsh as its starting point and draws contrasts with a range of literary and dialectal forms of the language, as well as earlier forms (Middle Welsh) were appropriate. An engaging guide to all that is interesting about Welsh syntax, this book will be welcomed by syntactic theorists, typologists, historical linguists and Celticists alike. ER -