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Nominalization in Languages of the Americas
Av Fleck David W. Fleck, Shibatani Masayoshi Shibatani m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
1477 kr
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Recent scholarship has confirmed earlier observations that nominalization plays a crucial role in the formation of complex constructions in the world's languages. Grammatical nominalizations are one of the most salient and widespread features of languages of the Americas, yet they have not been …
Essays in Semantics and Pragmatics
In honor of Charles J. Fillmore
Av Thompson Sandra A. Thompson, Shibatani Masayoshi Shibatani
E-bok, 1996
1628 kr
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This volume reflects the influence of Chuck Fillmore's ground-breaking work in the fields of semantics and pragmatics. The papers in the volume pay tribute to his pioneering research into the deepest realms of the nature of 'meaning'.
Syntactic Complexity
Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution
Av Shibatani Masayoshi Shibatani, Givon T. Givon
E-bok, 2009
1544 kr
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Complex hierarchic syntax is considered one of the hallmarks of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some for a special status as the apex of the uniquely-human language faculty – evolutionary but somehow immune to adaptive …
Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation
Av Shibatani Masayoshi Shibatani
E-bok, 2002
2048 kr
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This volume presents fifteen original papers dealing with various aspects of causative constructions ranging from morphology to semantics with emphasis on language data from Central and South America. Informed by a better understanding of how different constructions are positioned both …