Applicative Constructions

Author : David A. Peterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199270929
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applicative Constructions written by David A. Peterson and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Applicative constructions are typically described as transitivizing because they allow an intransitive base verb to have a direct object. The term originates from the seventeenth-century missionary grammars of Uto-Aztecan languages. Constructions designated as prepositional, benefactive, and instrumental may refer to the same or similar phenomena. Applicative constructions have been deployed in the development of a range of syntactic theories which have then often been used to explain their functions, usually within the context of Bantu languages. Dr Peterson provides a wealth of cross-linguistic information on discourse-functional, diachronic, and typological aspects of applicative constructions. He documents their unexpected synchronic variety and the diversity of diachronic sources about them. He argues that many standard assumptions about applicatives are unfounded, and provides a clear guide for future language-specific and cross-linguistic research and analysis.

Author : Fernando Zuniga
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110730952
Total Pages : 1100 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applicative Constructions in the World’s Languages written by Fernando Zuniga and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a state-of-the-art cross-linguistic survey of applicative constructions in the functional-typological tradition. An introductory section sets the terminological and analytical stage, presents the methodology used by the different chapters, and provides a typological outlook. The individual contributions address the morphological, syntactic and semantic variation of applicatives, as well as their discourse-pragmatic function. They cover all major language families and some isolates that feature some illuminating version of the phenomenon, paying special attention to language-internal variation and unity. The phenomena surveyed range from those instances usually considered canonical (valency-increasing, syntactically and semantically predictable, productive, dedicated, and optional) to those occasionally understudied in descriptive works and frequently neglected in comparative studies (valency-neutral, rather unpredictable, lexicalized, syncretic, and/or obligatory).

Author : David A. Peterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applicative Constructions written by David A. Peterson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Applicative constructions are typically described as transitivizing because they allow an intransitive base verb to have a direct object. The term originates from the seventeenth-century missionary grammars of Uto-Aztecan languages. Constructions designated as prepositional, benefactive, and instrumental may refer to the same or similar phenomena. Applicative constructions have been deployed in the development of a range of syntactic theories which have then often been used to explain their functions, usually within the context of Bantu languages. Dr Peterson provides a wealth of cross-linguistic information on discourse-functional, diachronic, and typological aspects of applicative constructions. He documents their unexpected synchronic variety and the diversity of diachronic sources about them. He argues that many standard assumptions about applicatives are unfounded, and provides a clear guide for future language-specific and cross-linguistic research and analysis.

Author : Martin Hilpert
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748675868
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Author : Arantzazu Elordieta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
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Author : Youngmi Jeong
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027292914
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applicatives written by Youngmi Jeong and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applicatives is concerned with the syntax of constructions that contain arguments that transcend the traditional subject-object characterization, and how the syntax of such constructions yields the interpretive effects that previous research has identified. At the empirical level this volume remedies the inadequacies and limitations of previous accounts by proposing a more nuanced view of all the factors that enter into the syntax and semantics of applicatives. At the theoretical level, this book offers empirical arguments for various theoretical options currently entertained in the minimalist program, among which movement into theta-position, multiple agree, anti-locality, and a very derivational view on successive cyclic movement.

Author : Karen Davis
Publisher : Pacific Linguistics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Author : Mengistu Amberber
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
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Author : Jabez Hogg
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 834 pages
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Author : Heinz Züllighoven
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1558606874
Total Pages : 546 pages
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