Topics in Oceanic Morphosyntax

Topics in Oceanic Morphosyntax
Title Topics in Oceanic Morphosyntax PDF eBook
Author Claire Moyse-Faurie
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 353
Release 2011-10-27
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110259915

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This monograph is a collection of selected papers on Oceanic languages. For the first time, aspects of the morphology and syntax of Oceanic languages such as the encoding of sentence types, the structure of the noun phrase, noun incorporation, constituent order, and ergative vs. accusative alignment are discussed from a comparative point of view, thus drawing attention to genetic, areal and language-specific features. The individual papers are based on the field work of the authors on lesser-described and endangered languages and are basically descriptive studies. At the same time they also explore the theoretical implications of the data presented and analyzed, as well as the historical development of certain morpho-syntactic phenomena, without basing these explorations on a single theoretical framework. The book provides new insights into the morphosyntactic structures of Oceanic languages and is of interest primarily for linguists working on Austronesian, in particular Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian languages, but also for typologists and linguists working on language change.

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Publisher BoD – Books on Demand
Pages 366
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ISBN 3985541086

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Variation in P

Variation in P
Title Variation in P PDF eBook
Author Jacopo Garzonio
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Pages 257
Release 2020
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0190931248

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Variation in P is an essential follow-up to the seminal proposals of the generative tradition regarding prepositional syntax. Recent research shows that prepositional phrases have a complex internal structure, and that the grammatical encoding of locative meaning has its own place in universal grammar. The papers collected in the first part of this volume not only test these proposals against new comparative data, but also shed light on the relation between spatial expressions and other semantic relations like possession. The second part of the volume explores the role of prepositions in non-spatial environments as well as in more general phenomena like verbal affixation, ellipsis, and complementation. By drawing on evidence from less studied languages, and by considering prepositional syntax in interaction with clausal syntax as well as within prepositional phrases, Variation in P refines and develops theories introduced by previous generative studies.

World Lexicon of Grammaticalization

World Lexicon of Grammaticalization
Title World Lexicon of Grammaticalization PDF eBook
Author Tania Kouteva
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 647
Release 2019-08-08
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1107136245

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Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.

Grammaticalization from a Typological Perspective

Grammaticalization from a Typological Perspective
Title Grammaticalization from a Typological Perspective PDF eBook
Author Heiko Narrog
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Pages 493
Release 2018
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 019879584X

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This volume explores the way in which grammaticalization processes converge and differ across languages and language areas. Chapters systemically explore these processes languages of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, and in creole languages, revealing a number of unique pathways as well as shared features.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Syntax, 8 Volume Set

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Syntax, 8 Volume Set
Title The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Syntax, 8 Volume Set PDF eBook
Author Martin Everaert
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 5254
Release 2017-12-26
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1118358724

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An invaluable reference tool for students and researchers in theoretical linguistics, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Syntax, Second Edition has been updated to incorporate the last 10 years of syntactic research and expanded to include a wider array of important case studies in the syntax of a broad array of languages. A revised and expanded edition of this invaluable reference tool for students and researchers in linguistics, now incorporating the last 10 years of syntactic research Contains over 120 chapters that explain, analyze, and contextualize important empirical studies within syntax over the last 50 years Charts the development and historiography of syntactic theory with coverage of the most important subdomains of syntax Brings together cutting-edge contributions from a global group of linguists under the editorship of two esteemed syntacticians Provides an essential and unparalleled collection of research within the field of syntax, available both online and across 8 print volumes This work is also available as an online resource at www.companiontosyntax.com

Prominence in Austronesian

Prominence in Austronesian
Title Prominence in Austronesian PDF eBook
Author Bethwyn Evans
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 338
Release 2024-01-29
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110730758

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The cognitive concept of prominence is increasingly seen as key to understanding the organisation of grammar. This volume explores the encoding of prominence in languages from across the Austronesian family. The contributions show how prominence is relevant to understanding asymmetries at different levels of grammatical structure, from discourse and information structure to argument expression and socio-pragmatics. Moreover, common themes across contributions point to crosslinguistic tendencies that underpin the conventionalisation of communicative patterns for coordinating interlocutors' attention, and to points of departure for further crosslinguistic exploration of how grammatical asymmetries can be explained in terms of prominence.