Applicative Constructions in the World's Languages / / ed. by Fernando Zuniga, Denis Creissels.

• HerausgeberIn: Creissels, Denis,; Zuniga, Fernando,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2024]; 2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Series: Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics [CHL] , 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 1090 p.)
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110730951
• ISSN: 2364-4354
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110730951?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Fernando Zuniga, Denis Creissels.

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).