Applicative Constructions in the World’s Languages

1090 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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).

• Reihe: Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics [CHL]
• ISBN: 9783110735482
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.01.2024
• Genre: Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
• Verlag: de Gruyter Mouton
• Herausgegeben von: Fernando Zuniga, Denis Creissels