Applicative Constructions in the World’s Languages

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-073548-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 1090 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1871 g

Reihe: De Gruyter Mouton reference

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).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zuniga, Fernando

Creissels, Denis

Zu´n~iga, Fernando

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Über Autor(innen)

Fernando Zúñiga, University of Bern, Switzerland. Denis Creissels, Université Lyon 2, France.