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]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:German
Series:Studia Typologica [STTYP] : Beihefte / Supplements STUF - Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung / Language Typology and Universals , 3
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Physical Description:1 online resource (147 p.)
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