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The Integration of Language and Society
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1825 kr
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The volume explores the integration of language and society as reflected in the grammar of a language. Each language bears an imprint of the society that speaks it; language reflects speakers' relationships with each other, their beliefs, and their ways of viewing the world, as well as other …
Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance
Problems in Comparative Linguistics
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon
Inbunden, 2001
1865 kr
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Two languages can resemble each other in the categories, constructions, and types of meaning they use, and in the forms they employ to express these. Such resemblances may be the consequence of universal characteristics of language, of chance or coincidence, of the borrowing by one language of …
The Grammar of Knowledge
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon
Inbunden, 2014
2658 kr
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The Grammar of Knowledge offers both a linguistic and anthropological perspective on the expression of information sources, as well as inferences, assumptions, probability and possibility, and gradations of doubt and beliefs in a range of languages. The book investigates twelve different languages, …
Possession and Ownership
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon
Häftad, 2015
620 kr
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Possession and Ownership brings together linguists and anthropologists in a series of cross-linguistic explorations of expressions used to denote possession and ownership, concepts central to most if not all the varied cultures and ideologies of humankind. Possessive noun phrases can be broadly …
The Grammar of Knowledge
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon
Häftad, 2016
612 kr
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The Grammar of Knowledge offers both a linguistic and anthropological perspective on the expression of information sources, as well as inferences, assumptions, probability and possibility, and gradations of doubt and beliefs in a range of languages. The book investigates twelve different languages, …
Commands
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon
Inbunden, 2017
2215 kr
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This book focuses on the form and the function of commands-directive speech acts such as pleas, entreaties, and orders-from a typological perspective. A team of internationally-renowned experts in the field examine the interrelationship of these speech acts with cultural stereotypes and practices, …
Genders and Classifiers
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Elena I. Mihas
Inbunden, 2019
2045 kr
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This volume offers a comprehensive account of the typology of noun classification across the world's languages. Every language has some means of categorizing objects into humans, or animates, or by their shape, form, size, and function. The most widespread are linguistic genders - grammatical …
Commands
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon
Häftad, 2020
530 kr
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This book focuses on the form and the function of commands--directive speech acts such as pleas, entreaties, and orders--from a typological perspective. A team of internationally-renowned experts in the field examine the interrelationship of these speech acts with cultural stereotypes and …
Phonological Word and Grammatical Word
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av Aikhenvald Et Al, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1576 kr
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This volume examines the concept of 'word' in its many guises and across many languages. 'Word' is a cornerstone for the understanding of any language: it is a pronounceable phonological unit; it has a meaning and a morphological structure and syntactic function; and it exists as a dictionary entry …
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 …
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 …
Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance
Problems in Comparative Linguistics
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon
Häftad, 2006
1274 kr
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Two languages can resemble each other in the categories, constructions, and types of meaning they use; and in the forms they employ to express these. Such resemblances may be the consequence of universal characteristics of language, of chance or coincidence, of the borrowing by one language of …
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 Semantics of Clause Linking
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av R. M. W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2063 kr
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This book is a cross-linguistic examination of the different grammatical means languages employ to represent a general set of semantic relations between clauses. The investigations focus on ways of combining clauses other than through relative and complement clause constructions. These span a …
The Semantics of Clause Linking
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Av R. M. W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Häftad, 2011
938 kr
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This book is a cross-linguistic examination of the different grammatical means languages employ to represent a general set of semantic relations between clauses. The investigations focus on ways of combining clauses other than through relative and complement clause constructions. These span a …
Possession and Ownership
Av Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon
Inbunden, 2012
2444 kr
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Possession and Ownership brings together linguists and anthropologists in a series of cross-linguistic explorations of expressions used to denote possession and ownership, concepts central to most if not all the varied cultures and ideologies of humankind. Possessive noun phrases can be broadly …
