Applicative Constructions

Zusatztext This book is an important contribution to the study of applicatives and is bound to become a standard reference work for those working on the topic. Informationen zum Autor David A. Peterson is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Dartmouth College and works on Tibeto-Burman languages. He joined this institution after a Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley (1999), followed by a postdoctoral research at the Department of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, where he conducted research on Kuki-Chin languages (Bangladesh). Klappentext This book presents the first systematic typological analysis of applicatives across African, American Indian, and East Asian languages. It is also the first to address their functions in discourse, the derivation of their semantic and syntactic properties, and how and why they have changed over time. Zusammenfassung This book presents the first systematic typological analysis of applicatives across African, American Indian, and East Asian languages. It is also the first to address their functions in discourse, the derivation of their semantic and syntactic properties, and how and why they have changed over time. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Two Case Studies of Applicative Morphosyntax 3: Morphosyntactic and Semantic Variation in Applicative Constructions 4: The Discourse Function of Applicative Constructions 5: The Evolution of Applicative Constructions 6: Structural Correlates of Applicative Constructions 7: Conclusion Appendix References Index

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• Authors: David A Peterson, David A. Peterson, Peterson David A.
• Assisted by: David A Peterson (Editor), David A. Peterson (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2007
• EAN: 9780199270927
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927092-7
• No. of pages: 293
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Oxford Studies in Typology and; Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory; Oxford Studies in Typology and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Cognitivism, cognitive theory, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc