Eurotyp: 1 Constituent Order in the Languages of Europe

Contributors Abbreviations Introduction Part I — Word order surveys Word order in Celtic An overview of the main word order characteristics of Romance Word order in the Germanic languages An overview of word order in Slavic languages Basic characteristics of Modern Greek word order Word order in European Uralic Word order in Kartvelian languages Word order in Daghestanian languages Part II — Parameters of word order variation Aspects of word order in the languages of Europe Order in the noun phrase of the languages of Europe Flexibility and consistency in word order patterns in the languages of Europe The relative order of recipient and patient in the languages of Europe Variation in major constituent order; a global and a European perspective Word order variation in some European SVO languages: a parametric approach Celtic word order: some theoretical issues Word order variation in some SOV languages of Europe Discourse-configurationality in the languages of Europe Some issues in a performance theory of word order Appendix – 12 word order variables in the languages of Europe Index of authors Index of languages Index of subjects