Record Nr.

UNINA9910454481103321

Autore

Cysouw Michael

Titolo

The paradigmatic structure of person marking [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Cysouw

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-36588-6

9786612365881

0-19-156499-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Number

Grammar, Comparative and general - Person

Markedness (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Objective, Definitions, Method, and Some History; 1.1 The feat of Domingo de Santo Tomás; 1.2 Definitions and delimitation; 1.2.1 Preamble; 1.2.2 Person and number; 1.2.3 Paradigmatic structure; 1.2.4 Specialization and grammaticalization; 1.2.5 Remaining delimitations; 1.3 Methodology; 1.3.1 Preamble; 1.3.2 Typology versus cross-linguistic research; 1.3.3 Sampling in typology; 1.3.4 Crypto-diachrony; 1.4 Previous cross-linguistic investigations; 1.4.1 Preamble; 1.4.2 Forchheimer and his critics; 1.4.3 Greenberg and his co-workers

1.4.4 Mühlhäusler and Harré1.4.5 Laycock on New Guinean pronouns; 1.4.6 Conclusion; 1.5 Outline of the book; PART I. PERSON MARKING; 2. One Among the Crowd: The Marking of Singular Participants; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Possible patterns; 2.3 Singular homophony; 2.4 Singular homophony and pro-drop; 2.5 The distribution of zeros; 2.6 Conclusion; 3. Group Marking: Redefining Plurality in the Pronominal Domain; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Definition; 3.3 Terminology; 3.4 Towards a typology of groups; 3.5 A partial typology: the first person complex; 3.6 Different kinds of 'we'; 3.7 Generalizations

3.8 ConclusionPART II. PARADIGMATIC STRUCTURE; 4. The Diversity of the Core: A Survey of Patterns of Singular and Group Marking; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Method of classification; 4.3 No inclusive/exclusive: split non-singular; 4.4 No inclusive/exclusive: homophonous non-singular; 4.5 Inclusive/exclusive: split non-singular; 4.6 Inclusive/exclusive: homophonous non-singular; 4.7 Generalizations; 4.8 Conclusion; 5. Compound Pronouns: Other Person Categories Disqualified; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 From compound to pronoun; 5.3 The Bantoid compound pronouns; 5.4 Generalizations

5.5 The incorporative reading revisited5.6 Conclusion; PART III. NUMBER INCORPORATED; 6. Cardinality: Redefining Number in the Pronominal Domain; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 A metalanguage for number marking; 6.3 Markedness reversals; 6.4 Other numbers; 6.5 Conclusion; 7. The Diversity of Restricted Groups: A Survey of Dual Person Marking; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Method and terminology; 7.3 Duals without inclusive/exclusive; 7.4 Duals with inclusive/exclusive: three times 'we'; 7.5 Duals with inclusive/exclusive: four times 'we'; 7.6 Duals with inclusive/exclusive: five times 'we'

7.7 Generalizations7.8 Conclusion; PART IV. COGNATE PARADIGMS; 8. Connecting Paradigms: Person Paradigms through Time and Space; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Cognate paradigms; 8.3 Towards a theory of paradigmatic change; 8.4 Up and down the Horizontal Homophony Hierarchy; 8.5 Up and down the Explicitness Hierarchy; 8.6 Conclusion; 9. Cognate Paradigms Revisited: Connecting the Dual; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The typological hypothesis; 9.3 Linking the major dual paradigms; 9.4 Minimal/augmented and its variants; 9.5 Dual-3we as an intermediate; 9.6 Number marking incorporated; 9.7 Conclusion

10. Finale: Summary and Prospects

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates paradigms of person - both independent pronouns as well as bound person marking. Based on empirical and theoretical grounds, the author argues that the notion 'number' has to be redefined to deal with the cross-linguistic variation of person marking. Equipped with a new definition, a typology of the paradigmatic structure of person marking is presented, incorporating data from around 400 languages. Nothing appears to be impossible for the paradigmatic structure, although some patterns are clearly more probable than others are. Starting from the more commonly occurring pa