Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order

This book considers the implications of cross-linguistic word-order patterns for linguistic theory. One of the salient results of Joseph Greenberg''s pioneering work in language typology was the notion of a ''harmonic'' word-order type, whereby if the verb appears at the left or right edge of the verb phrase, other heads (e.g. prepositions, nouns) also tend to do so. Today, however, there is recog...