Typology Of Resultative Constructions
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Typology Of Resultative Constructions
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Author : Vladimir P. Nedjalkov
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1988-01-01
Typology Of Resultative Constructions written by Vladimir P. Nedjalkov and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume, originally published in Russian, combines data from a wide range of languages, meticulously analyzed, with a sophisticated theoretical apparatus capable of isolating the most important syntactic and semantic parameters and of drawing those generalizations that are most significant from a cross-linguistic perspective. Many ideas which are at best only hinted at in earlier literature such as the precise relation among resultative, perfect, and stative, or correlations between resultative and passive voice are here for the first time stated precisely and given a firm foundation by means of detailed exemplification from a wide range of languages.
Typology Of Imperative Constructions
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Author : Viktor Samuilovich Khrakovskiĭ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Typology Of Imperative Constructions written by Viktor Samuilovich Khrakovskiĭ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Grammar, Comparative and general categories.
Passivization And Typology
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Author : Werner Abraham
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2006-09-20
Passivization And Typology written by Werner Abraham and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-20 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Is the passive a unified universal phenomenon? The claim derived from this volume is that the passive, if not universal, has become unified according to function. Language as a means of communication needs the passive, or passive-like constructions, and sooner or later develops them based on other voices (impersonal active, middle, reflexive), specific semantic meanings such as adversativity, or tense-aspect categories (stative,perfect, preterit). Certain contributors review the passives in various languages and language groups, including languages rarely discussed. Another group of contributors takes a novel theoretical approach toward passivization within a broad typological perspective. Among the languages discussed are Vedic, Irish, Mandarin Chinese, Thai, Lithuanian, Mordvin, and Nganasan, next to almost all European languages. Various theoretical frameworks such as Optimality Theory, Modern Structuralist Approaches, Role and Reference Grammar, Cognitive Semantics, Distributed Morphology, and Case Grammar have been applied by the different authors.
Handbook Of Japanese Contrastive Linguistics
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Author : Prashant Pardeshi
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-02-19
Handbook Of Japanese Contrastive Linguistics written by Prashant Pardeshi and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-19 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Handbook of Japanese Contrastive Linguistics is a unique publication that brings together insights from three traditions—Japanese linguistics, linguistic typology and contrastive linguistics—and makes important contributions to deepening our understanding of various phenomena in Japanese as well other languages of the globe. Its primary goal is to uncover principled similarities and differences between Japanese and other languages of the globe and thereby shed new light on the universal as well as language-particular properties of Japanese. The issues addressed by the papers in this volume cover a wide spectrum of phenomena ranging from lexical to syntactic and discourse levels. The authors of the chapters, leading scholars in their respective field of research, present the state-of-the-art research from their respected field.
Language Typology And Language Universals 2 Teilband
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Author : Martin Haspelmath
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2008-07-14
Language Typology And Language Universals 2 Teilband written by Martin Haspelmath and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-14 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This handbook provides a comprehensive and thorough survey of our current insights into the diversity and unity found across the 6000 languages of this planet. The 125 articles include inter alia chapters on the patterns and limits of variation manifested by analogous structures, constructions and linguistic devices across languages (e.g. word order, tense and aspect, inflection, color terms and syllable structure). Other chapters cover the history, methodology and the theory of typology, as well as the relationship between language typology and other disciplines. The authors of the individual sections and chapters are for the most part internationally known experts on the relevant topics. The vast majority of the articles are written in English, some in French or German. The handbook is not only intended for the expert in the fields of typology and language universals, but for all of those interested in linguistics. It is specifically addressed to all those who specialize in individual languages, providing basic orientation for their analysis and placing each language within the space of what is possible and common in the languages of the world.
Contrastive Studies In Construction Grammar
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Author : Hans Christian Boas
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Contrastive Studies In Construction Grammar written by Hans Christian Boas and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The papers in this volume provide a contrastive application of Construction Grammar. By referencing a well-described constructional phenomenon in English, each paper provides a solid foundation for describing and analyzing its constructional counterpart in another language. This approach shows that the semantic description (including discourse-pragmatic and functioanl factors) of an English construction can be regarded as a first step towards a "tertium comparationis" that can be employed for comparing and contrasting the formal properties of constructional counterparts in other languages. Thus, the meaning pole of constructions should be regarded as the primary basis for comparisons of constructions across languages - the form pole is only secondary. This volume shows that constructions are viable descriptive and analytical tools for cross-linguistic comparisons that make it possible to capture both language-specific (idiosyncratic) properties as well as cross-linguistic generalizations.
The Diachronic Typology Of Non Canonical Subjects
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Author : Ilja A. Serzant
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2013-11-15
The Diachronic Typology Of Non Canonical Subjects written by Ilja A. Serzant and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume is an important contribution to the diachrony of non-canonical subjects in a typological perspective. The questions addressed concern the internal mechanisms and triggers for various changes that non-canonical subjects undergo, ranging from semantic motivations to purely structural explanations. The discussion encompasses the whole life-cycle of non-canonical subjects: from their emergence out of non-subject arguments to their expansion, demise or canonicization, focusing primarily on syntactic changes and changes in case-marking. The volume offers a number of different case studies comprising such languages as Italian, Spanish, Old Norse and Russian as well as languages less studied in this context, such as Latin, Classical Armenian, Baltic languages and some East Caucasian languages. Typological generalizations in the form of recurrent developmental paths are offered on the basis of data presented in this volume and in the literature.
Linguistic Typology
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Author : Jae Jung Song
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-15
Linguistic Typology written by Jae Jung Song and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Language typology is the study of the structural similarities between languages regardless of their history, to establish a classification or typology of languages. It is a core topic of historical linguistics and is studied on all traditional linguistics degree courses. In recent years there has been increased interest the subject and it is an area we have been looking to commission a book in. Jae Jung Song proposes to introduce the undergraduate reader to the subject, with discussion of topics which include - what is language typology and why is it studied; word order; language sampling; relative clauses; diachronic typology; and applications of language typology. There will also be discussion of the most prominent areas of research in the subject and readers will be able to review data selected from a wide range of languages to see how languages work and how differently they behave.
Approaches To Language Typology
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Author : Masayoshi Shibatani
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1999
Approaches To Language Typology written by Masayoshi Shibatani and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Language typology is concerned with the construction of theoretical frameworks capable of delimiting the range of human languages and of capturing constraints on cross-linguistic variation. This text offers accounts of the theoretical foundations and findings of leading scholars in this field.
Grammatical Voice
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Author : Fernando Zúñiga
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-14
Grammatical Voice written by Fernando Zúñiga and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-14 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The first ever textbook devoted to the cross-linguistic study of voice, covering various topics and discussing data from numerous languages.