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Adjective Classes
A Cross-linguistic Typology
Av R.M.W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Häftad, 2006
1205 kr
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This book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. The opening chapter considers current generalizations about the nature and classification of adjectives and sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of their variation. Thirteen chapters then explore adjective …
Grammars in Contact
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon
Inbunden, 2007
1611 kr
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Languages can be similar in many ways - they can resemble each other in categories, constructions and meanings, and in the actual forms used to express these. A shared feature may be based on common genetic origin, or result from geographic proximity and borrowing. Some aspects of grammar are …
Serial Verb Constructions
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon
Häftad, 2007
1107 kr
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This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of variation, and the final chapter draws out a set of conclusions. These frame fourteen explorations of serial verb constructions and similar structures in languages …
The Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia
Av R.M.W. Dixon
Inbunden, 2004
1249 kr
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This is the first account of Jarawara, a Southern Amazonia language of great complexity and unusual interest, and now spoken by less than two hundred people. It has only two open lexical classes, noun and verb, and a closed adjective class with fourteen members which can only modify a noun. Verbs …
Adjective Classes
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av R.M.W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Inbunden, 2004
4169 kr
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This book shows that every language has an adjective class and examines how these vary in size and character. The opening chapter considers current generalizations about the nature and classification of adjectives and sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of their variation. Thirteen chapters …
Serial Verb Constructions
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon
Inbunden, 2005
3589 kr
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This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of variation, and the final chapter draws out a set of conclusions. These frame fourteen explorations of serial verb constructions and similar structures in languages …
Complementation
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av R.M.W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Inbunden, 2006
1151 kr
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A complement clause is used instead of a noun phrase; for example one can say either I heard [the result] or I heard [that England beat France]. Languages differ in the grammatical properties of complement clauses, and the types of verbs which take them. Some languages lack a complement clause …
Grammars in Contact
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon
Häftad, 2008
911 kr
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Languages can be similar in many ways - they can resemble each other in categories, constructions and meanings, and in the actual forms used to express these. A shared feature may be based on common genetic origin, or result from geographic proximity and borrowing. Some aspects of grammar are …
Complementation
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av R.M.W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Häftad, 2008
748 kr
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This book explores the variety of types of complementation found across the languages of the world and their grammatical properties and meanings. It shows how languages differ in the grammatical properties of complement clauses and in the types of verbs which take them, and explores the complement …
The Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia
Av R.M.W. Dixon
Häftad, 2011
1038 kr
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This is the first account of Jarawara, a Southern Amazonia language of great complexity and unusual interest, and now spoken by less than two hundred people. It has only two open lexical classes, noun and verb, and a closed adjective class with fourteen members which can only modify a noun. Verbs …
"We used to eat people"
Revelations of a Fiji Islands Traditional Village
Av R.M.W. Dixon
Häftad, 2017
269 kr
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Living in a reed hut on Taveuni--the "garden isle" of Fiji--the author studied the native language and carefully observed their traditions until he was accepted as a (somewhat unusual) member of the village.Despite five cyclones the summer of 1985, daily life was idyllic. Cannibalism has been …
I am a Linguist
With a foreword by Peter Matthews
Av R.M.W. Dixon
Inbunden, 2010
3185 kr
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I am a Linguist provides a fascinating account of the academic adventures of multi-faceted linguist, R.M.W. (Bob) Dixon. There is fieldwork (and lengthy grammars) on Dyirbal, Yidiñ and other Aboriginal languages of Australia, the Boumaa dialect of Fijian, and Jarawara from the dense jungles of …
I am a Linguist
With a foreword by Peter Matthews
Av R.M.W. Dixon
Häftad, 2010
1510 kr
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I am a Linguist provides a fascinating account of the academic adventures of multi-faceted linguist, R.M.W. (Bob) Dixon. There is fieldwork (and lengthy grammars) on Dyirbal, Yidiñ and other Aboriginal languages of Australia, the Boumaa dialect of Fijian, and Jarawara from the dense jungles of …
Language at Large
Essays on Syntax and Semantics
Av Alexandra Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon
Inbunden, 2011
4323 kr
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The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon, highlighting their expertise in various fields of linguistics. The first part focusses on linguistic typology, covering case markers used on verbs, argument-determined constructions, unusual meanings of …
Essence of Linguistic Analysis
An Integrated Approach
Av R.M.W. Dixon
Häftad, 2021
713 kr
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Many works on linguistic typology deal in some detail with one or more particular grammatical topics without clearly demonstrating how these relate to other categories or construction types. The Essence of Linguistic Analysis by R. M. W. Dixon presents a framework which connects individual topics …
