Toward a syntactic phylogeny of modern indo-european languages

Journal of Historical Linguistics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-152

  Longobardia, Giuseppe ^a,b   Guardianoc, Cristina ^c   Silvestria, Giuseppina ^a,d   Boattinie, Alessio ^e   Ceolina, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Greek; Middle; Passive; Proto Indo European; Stative; Syntactic pattern; Syntactic reconstruction; Vedic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989380219     PISSN: 22102116     EISSN: 22102124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jhl.3.1.07lon     Document Type: Article

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