Syntactic Change in Welsh: A Study of the Loss of Verb-Second

by David W . E . Willis (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $294.26

  Scholars have often been puzzled by the fact that the basic word-order rule of Welsh seems to have changed twice in the last 1000 years. David Willis explores how and why these changes have taken place. He examines the relationship between the literary and spoken language throughout the history of Welsh and more.