Applicative Morphology : : Neglected Syntactic and Non-syntactic Functions / / ed. by Sara Pacchiarotti, Fernando Zuniga.
This book is about recurrent functions of applicative morphology not included in typologically-oriented definitions. Based on substantial cross-linguistic evidence, it challenges received wisdom on applicatives in several ways. First, in many of the surveyed languages, applicatives are the sole mean...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VI, 477 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Americas -- 2 Typical and atypical applicative constructions in Yaqui -- 3 The functions of applicative morphology in Shiwiar -- 4 Applicatives and beyond: Barbareño Chumash -- 5 Applicative periphrastic constructions in the Colombian Spanish from The Andes -- 6 Spatial prefixes as applicatives in Harakmbut -- Part II: Africa -- 7 Valency and saliency in Bantu applicatives: A diachronic reanalysis -- 8 Neglected functions of the Bantu applicative in relation to Locations: new insights from Fwe (K402) -- 9 The applicative(-like) function of Nilotic directionals: Introducing themes -- Part III: Asia (including the Middle East) -- 10 An applicative analysis of Soranî “absolute prepositions” -- 11 Applicatives in Macro-Tani languages (Trans-Himalayan, Eastern Himalaya): Forms, functions and historical origins -- 12 Canonical and Non-canonical applicatives in Waray -- 13 The sociative/benefactive applicative construction and the introduction of attitude holders in Tibetan -- 14 Neglected functions of western Indonesian applicatives -- 15 The evolution of non-syntactic functions of applicatives: -i suffixation in Javanese and neighboring languages -- Subject index -- Language index |
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Summary: | This book is about recurrent functions of applicative morphology not included in typologically-oriented definitions. Based on substantial cross-linguistic evidence, it challenges received wisdom on applicatives in several ways. First, in many of the surveyed languages, applicatives are the sole means to introduce a non-Actor semantic role into a clause. When there is an alternative way of expression, the applicative counterpart often has no valence-increasing effect on the targeted root. Second, applicative morphology can introduce constituents which are not syntactic objects and/or co-occur with obliques. Third, functions such as conveying aspectual nuances to the predicate (intensity, repetition, habituality) or its arguments (partitive P, highly individuated P), narrow-focusing constituents, and functioning as category-changing devices are attested in geographically distant and genetically unrelated languages. Further, this volume reveals that spatial-related morphology is prone to developing applicative functions in disparate languages and phyla. Finally, several contributions discuss the diachrony of applicative constructions and their (non-syntactic) attested functions, including a case of applicatives-in-the-making. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110777949 9783110766820 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110993707 9783110993684 9783110791297 |
ISSN: | 1861-4302 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110777949 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Sara Pacchiarotti, Fernando Zuniga. |