Predicate Compounding in the Yi-Group : : The Continuum of Grammaticalization / / Matthias Gerner.
This monograph deals with grammaticalization of the verb in its early phase. The very productive metaphorical process which is in display in the verb-final languages ofthe Yi-group (Burmese-Lolo languages from south-West China) may be described by the Metaphor "States of affairs are objects&quo...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin : : Akademie Verlag, , [2014] ©2002 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | German |
Series: | Studia Typologica [STTYP] : Beihefte / Supplements STUF - Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung / Language Typology and Universals ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. PP Inventory in the Yi group
- 3. Conclusion
- List of Abbreviations
- References