Some issues in a performance theory of word order

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Introduction 1
3. Part I — Word order surveys
4. Word order in Celtic 21
5. An overview of the main word order characteristics of Romance 47
6. Word order in the Germanic languages 75
7. An overview of word order in Slavic languages 105
8. Basic characteristics of Modern Greek word order 151
9. Word order in European Uralic 173
10. Word order in Kartvelian languages 235
11. Word order in Daghestanian languages 257
12. Part II — Parameters of word order variation
13. Aspects of word order in the languages of Europe 283
14. Order in the noun phrase of the languages of Europe 321
15. Flexibility and consistency in word order patterns in the languages of Europe 383
16. The relative order of recipient and patient in the languages of Europe . 421
17. Variation in major constituent order; a global and a European perspective 475
18. Word order variation in some European SVO languages: a parametric approach 553
19. Celtic word order: some theoretical issues 599
20. Word order variation in some SOV languages of Europe 649
21. Discourse-configurationality in the languages of Europe 681
22. Some issues in a performance theory of word order 729
23. Appendix – 12 word order variables in the languages of Europe .... 783
24. Index of authors 813
25. Index of languages 820
26. Index of subjects 825
27. Backmatter 830