Applicative Constructions
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-927092-7 (ISBN)
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.
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).
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
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.12.2006 |
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Reihe/Serie | Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory |
Zusatzinfo | numerous tables and line drawings |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 240 mm |
Gewicht | 608 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-927092-9 / 0199270929 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-927092-7 / 9780199270927 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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