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Zusatztext Not only is Stassen to be commended for the amount of data on which his conclusions are based! but also for the degree of detail that makes this book an exemplar for linguistic typology.....This book is an important contribution to our understanding of intransitive predicates. Informationen zum Autor Leon Stassen is a senior lecturer in the Department of General Linguistics at the University of Nijmegen , The Netherlands. Klappentext Stassen makes a major contribution to the study of language typology with Intransitive Predication. Basing his analysis on a sample of 410 languages! he presents a universally applicable model for defining the domain of intransitive predication in natural languages. Intransitive predicates are defined in terms of four domains: events (Sarah is walking)! classes (Sarah is a secretary)! properties (Sarah is tall)! and locations (Sarah is in the garden). Zusammenfassung This book investigates cross-linguistic variation in one of the core domains of all natural languages. Leon Stassen views this domain as a 'cognitive space', the topography of which is the same for all languages. It is assumed to consist of four subdomains, which correspond to a four-way distinction between the semantic classes of event predicates, property predicates, class predicates, and locational predicates. The book offers a typology of the structural manifestations of this domain, in terms of the nature and number of the formal strategies used in its encoding. The author disusses a number of abstract principles which can be employed in explaining the cross-linguistic variation emodied by the typology. In the final chapter he brings together the research results in a universally applicable model, which can be read as a 'flow-chart' for the encoding of intransitive predications in different language types. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: The Typology 1: Introduction 2: The Verbal and the Locational Strategy 3: The Nominal Strategy 4: The Typology of Intransitive Predication Part 2: Switching 5: Adjective-Switching 6: Nominal and Locational Switching 7: Verb-Switching 8: Multiple Switching and Complex Cases Part 3: Tensedness 9: Adjectives and the Tensedness Parameter 10: Tensed Languages 11: Non-Tensed Languages 12: Problematic Cases 13: Evaluation and Explanation Part 4: The Model 14: The Model of Intransitive Predicate Encoding 15: Conclusion Notes Appendices References Indices ...
