Description: This book presents the first systematic typological analysis of applicatives across African, American Indian, and East Asian languages. It is also the first to address their functions in discourse, the derivation of their semantic and syntactic properties, and how and why they have changed over time.Applicative constructions are typically described as transitivizing because they allow an intransitive base verb to have a direct object. The term originates from the seventeenth-century missionary grammars of Uto-Aztecan languages. Constructions designated as prepositional, benefactive, and instrumental may refer to the same or similar phenomena. Applicative constructions have been deployed in the development of a range of syntactic theories which have then often been used to explain their functions, usually within the context of Bantu languages. Dr Peterson provides a wealth of cross-linguistic information on discourse-functional, diachronic, and typological aspects of applicative constructions. He documents their unexpected synchronic variety and the diversity of diachronic sources about them. He argues that many standard assumptions about applicatives are unfounded, and provides a clear guide for future language-specific and cross-linguistic research and analysis.
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EAN: 9780199270927
UPC: 9780199270927
ISBN: 9780199270927
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Book Title: Applicative Constructions (Oxford Studies in Typol
Item Length: 24 cm
Number of Pages: 308 Pages
Publication Name: Applicative Constructions
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Item Height: 240 mm
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Study Guide
Item Weight: 608 g
Subject Area: Developmental Psychology, Data Analysis
Author: David A. Peterson
Item Width: 160 mm
Format: Hardcover
