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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782441203321

Autore

Diessel Holger

Titolo

Demonstratives [[electronic resource] ] : Form, function and grammaticalization

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1999

ISBN

1-282-16283-7

9786612162831

90-272-9857-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Typological Studies in Language

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Demonstratives

Grammar, Comparative and general

Grammaticalization english language

Grammar, Comparative and general - Demonstratives

Philology & Linguistics

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

DEMONSTRATIVES; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. Morphology; CHAPTER 3. Semantics; CHAPTER 4. Syntax; CHAPTER 5. Pragmatic use; CHAPTER 6. Grammaticalization; CHAPTER 7. Conclusion; Notes; APPENDIX A. Data sources; APPENDIX B. The inflectional features of pronominal demonstratives; References; Language Index; Name Index; Subject Index; The Series TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE

Sommario/riassunto

All languages have demonstratives, but their form, meaning and use vary tremendously across the languages of the world. This book presents the first large-scale analysis of demonstratives from a cross-linguistic and diachronic perspective. It is based on a representative sample of 85 languages. The first part of the book analyzes demonstratives from a synchronic point of view, examining their morphological structures, semantic features, syntactic functions, and pragmatic uses in spoken and written discourse. The second part



concentrates on diachronic issues, in particular on the development of