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]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 373
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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
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
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Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Sara Pacchiarotti, Fernando Zuniga.