UID:
almafu_9960860501102883
Format:
1 online resource (VI, 477 p.)
ISBN:
9783110777949
Series Statement:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 373
Content:
This book is about recurrent functions of applicative morphology not included in typologically-oriented definitions. Based on substantial cross-linguistic evidence, it challenges received wisdom on applicatives in several ways. First, in many of the surveyed languages, applicatives are the sole means to introduce a non-Actor semantic role into a clause. When there is an alternative way of expression, the applicative counterpart often has no valence-increasing effect on the targeted root. Second, applicative morphology can introduce constituents which are not syntactic objects and/or co-occur with obliques. Third, functions such as conveying aspectual nuances to the predicate (intensity, repetition, habituality) or its arguments (partitive P, highly individuated P), narrow-focusing constituents, and functioning as category-changing devices are attested in geographically distant and genetically unrelated languages. Further, this volume reveals that spatial-related morphology is prone to developing applicative functions in disparate languages and phyla. Finally, several contributions discuss the diachrony of applicative constructions and their (non-syntactic) attested functions, including a case of applicatives-in-the-making.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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1 Introduction --
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Part I: Americas --
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2 Typical and atypical applicative constructions in Yaqui --
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3 The functions of applicative morphology in Shiwiar --
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4 Applicatives and beyond: Barbareño Chumash --
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5 Applicative periphrastic constructions in the Colombian Spanish from The Andes --
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6 Spatial prefixes as applicatives in Harakmbut --
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Part II: Africa --
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7 Valency and saliency in Bantu applicatives: A diachronic reanalysis --
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8 Neglected functions of the Bantu applicative in relation to Locations: new insights from Fwe (K402) --
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9 The applicative(-like) function of Nilotic directionals: Introducing themes --
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Part III: Asia (including the Middle East) --
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10 An applicative analysis of Soranî “absolute prepositions” --
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11 Applicatives in Macro-Tani languages (Trans-Himalayan, Eastern Himalaya): Forms, functions and historical origins --
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12 Canonical and Non-canonical applicatives in Waray --
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13 The sociative/benefactive applicative construction and the introduction of attitude holders in Tibetan --
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14 Neglected functions of western Indonesian applicatives --
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15 The evolution of non-syntactic functions of applicatives: -i suffixation in Javanese and neighboring languages --
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Subject index --
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Language index
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110778021
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110777857
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110777949
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110777949
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110777949
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110777949
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110777949
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