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Format: 1 online resource (438 pages) : , illustrations (some color)

Edition: 1st ed.

Series Statement: Typological Studies in Language, Volume 117

Content: "While comparative constructions have been extensively studied in the past decades, the expression of equality and similarity has so far attracted little attention in the typological literature. The fifteen contributions assembled in this volume study similative and equative constructions in typologically and genetically distant languages, albeit with a focus on Africa, and from a range of perspectives. Purely synchronically oriented case studies are supplemented by contributions that also shed light on the diachronic development of similative and equative constructions in language contact situations. Sources of similative morphemes and lexically expressed concepts of likeness are examined, and little-known multifunctionality patterns and grammaticalisation targets of similative morphemes - such as purpose clause markers, modality morphemes and markers of glottonyms - are discussed. Based on a sample of 119 languages worldwide, a new typology of equative constructions is proposed. The book should be of interest to typologists, semanticists, specialists of grammaticalization, historical linguistics and syntax."

Note: Intro -- Similative and Equative Constructions -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- References -- Chapter 1. Equative constructions in world-wide perspective: Equative constructions in world-wide perspective -- 1. Introduction: Equative constructions -- 2. European similatives and equatives based on manner words -- 3. The primary types of equative constructions -- 4. Comparing equative and comparative constructions -- 5. Examples of the primary types -- 6. Other ways of expressing identity of degree -- 7. No general equative construction -- 8. Cross-linguistic generalizations -- 9. Conclusion -- Special abbreviations -- Appendix. The sample languages -- References -- Chapter 2. Toward a cognitive typology of like-expressions: Toward a cognitive typology of like-expressions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. like-constructions -- 3. The cognitive semantics of like-concepts -- 4. like-concepts in Udi and Caucasian Albanian: A case study -- 5. Conclusions -- Abbrevations and symbols -- References -- Chapter 3. Similarity, suitability, and non-epistemic modalities (volitionality, ability, and obligation) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Non-epistemic modalities expressed by verbs also used to express similarity: Three African examples -- 3. From Proto-Germanic *līk 'body, form -- like, same' to Tok Pisin laik 'want, like, desire' -- 4. Bantu *ngà 'be like -- as, if' and the modality marker *nga -- 5. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 4. Similative morphemes as purpose clause markers in Ethiopia and beyond -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The multifunctionality of =g 'manner' in Kambaata -- 3. Similative-purpose multifunctionality in Ethiopia -- 4. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1. Abbreviations of g losses -- Appendix 2. Abbreviations of functions -- Appendix 3. Sources. , Chapter 5. The deictic identification of similarity -- 1. Introduction: Similarity in cognition and language structure -- 2. Demonstratives: General framework of analysis -- 3. Demonstratives of similarity: Manner, quality, degree -- 4. Meaning, semantic change and the grammaticalisation of similative and equative constructions -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 6. Comparison, similarity and simulation in Zaar, a Chadic language of Nigeria: Comparison, similarity and simulation in Zaar, a Chadic language of Nigeria -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Zaar, a South-Bauchi Chadic language -- 3. A brief overview of comparison in Zaar -- 4. Comparative -- 5. Equative/Similative structure -- 6. Morphological status of the parameter marker ɗan -- 7. Semantics of the equative/similative structure -- 8. Grammaticalisation of the equative/similative structure -- 9. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 7. Similative, equative, and comparative constructions in Beja (North-Cushitic) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comparative constructions -- 3. Equative constructions -- 4. Similative constructions -- 5. Extensions of comparative, equative and similative constructions -- 6. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 8. Expressing comparison in Gbaya, a Ubangian language of the Central African Republic -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Expressing comparison -- 3. Similative comparison -- 4. Comparison of (in)equality -- 5. The functive -- 6. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 9. Expressing similarity in Yulu and other Sara-Bongo-Bagirmi languages (Central Africa): Expressing similarity in Yulu and other Sara-Bongo-Bagirmi languages (Central Africa) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Yulu bə̏ 'like, as' -- 3. Yulu bȅndē 'like, as, as if' -- 4. Yulu bȅndē 'like, as, as if' introducing a clause. , 5. Origin of Yulu bə̏ 'like, as' -- 6. Yulu bə̏ 'at (somebody's place)' -- 7. SBB cognates of Yulu bə̏ 'like, as' -- 8. Other SBB similative morphemes -- 9. Concluding remarks -- Glosses and abbreviations -- References -- Unpublished data -- Chapter 10. Similarity, equality and the like in North Saami: Similarity, equality and the like in North Saami -- 1. Introduction -- 2. North Saami in its geographical and historical context -- 3. Similarity, equality and related meanings in North Saami -- 4. Purposive and future meanings of láhkai and the non-finite in -nláhkai -- 5. Similative adjectives and nouns -- 6. Discussion and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Corpus -- References -- Chapter 11. Comparative, similative, and equative constructions in Mon: Form, function, and development -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The notion of comparison -- 3. Comparative constructions in Mon -- 4. Similative constructions -- 5. Equative constructions -- 6. Similative to purposive -- 7. Conclusions -- Sources -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 12. Multifunctionality and polysemy of the similative marker =kán in Pesh: Multifunctionality and polysemy of the similative marker =kán in Pesh -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pesh: Basic typological features -- 3. =kán as a case marker in noun phrases -- 4. =kán as a subordinator -- 5. Conclusion: Multifunctionality and polysemy of the similative marker =kán in Pesh -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 13. Similative morphemes and their grammaticalisations in Yemsa -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Similative phrases and other uses with nouns -- 3. Similative clauses and other uses with verbs -- 4. Discussion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 14. The morpheme ‑(ä)ŋä in Xamtanga: Functions and grammaticalisation targets -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Case marking -- 3. The morpheme -(ä)ŋä in the nominal system. , 4. An overview of subordinate clauses in Xamtanga -- 5. Similative and equative clauses -- 6. Grammaticalisation targets of -(ä)ŋä in the verbal system -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 15. Similarity and related functions in Libido -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cognate of the similative marker ʔiso in Hadiyya -- 3. Functions related to the nominal origin of the Libido similative markers -- 4. Functions in which ʔiso and k'aaʔla are mostly used interchangeably -- 5. Functions exclusive to the similative marker ʔiso -- 6. The manner deictic kidi -- 7. Summary -- Abbreviations -- References -- Language index -- Name index -- Subject index.

Additional Edition: ISBN 90-272-0698-8

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