Evidence and counter-evidence [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honour of Frederik Kortlandt . Volume 2 General linguistics / / edited by Alexander Lubotsky, Jos Schaeken, Jeroen Wiedenhof ; with the assistance of Rick Derksen and Sjoerd Siebinga

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782873703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, c2008
• ISBN: 94-012-0636-8; 1-4356-9534-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (437 p.)
• Collana: Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; ; v. 33
• Altri autori (Persone): KortlandtF. H. H <1946-> (Frederik Herman Henri); LubotskyAlexander; SchaekenJ; WiedenhofJeroen
• Disciplina: 491.8
• Soggetti: Linguistics; Language and languages - Philosophy
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- PREFACE -- LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY FREDERIK KORTLANDT -- TOWARDS A TYPOLOGICAL PROFILE OF THE ANDEAN LANGUAGES / Willem Adelaar -- THE ORIGIN OF ALTERNATIONS IN INITIAL PITCH IN THE VERBAL PARADIGMS OF THE CENTRAL JAPANESE (KYÔTO TYPE) ACCENT SYSTEMS / Elisabeth de Boer -- ARMENIANS AND THEIR DIALECTS IN ABKHAZIA / V.A. Chirikba -- ON THE POSITION OF BÁIMĂ WITHIN TIBETAN: A LOOK FROM BASIC VOCABULARY / Katia Chirkova -- LIVING (HAPPILY) WITH CONTRADICTION / Karen Steffen Chung -- THE LANGUAGE ORGANISM: PARASITE OR MUTUALIST? / George van Driem -- MONGOLIAN /-GAR/ AND JAPANESE /-GAR-/ / Roger Finch -- YENISEIC LANGUAGES AND THE SIBERIAN LINGUISTIC AREA / Stefan Georg -- HOW TO ORIENT ONESELF ON SAKHALIN: A GUIDE TO NIVKH LOCATIONAL TERMS / Ekaterina Gruzdeva -- KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ANALYSIS OF PARTICLES IN JAPANESE / C. Hoede -- FACTS AND FANTASY ABOUT FAVORLANG: EARLY EUROPEAN ENCOUNTERS WITH TAIWAN’S LANGUAGES / Henning Klöter -- THREE ; IRREGULAR BERBER VERBS: ‘EAT’, ‘DRINK’, ‘BE COOKED, RIPEN’ / Maarten Kossmann -- TEACHING PERSONAL REFERENCE IN JAPANESE / Riikka Länsisalmi -- DUAL NOMINALISATION IN YUKAGHIR: STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITY AS SEMANTIC DUALITY / Elena Maslova -- THE ALTAIC AORIST IN *-RA IN OLD KOREAN / Roy Andrew Miller -- AVOIDING ABBA: OLD CHINESE SYLLABIC HARMONY / Marc Hideo Miyake -- VOICE IN TUNEN: THE SO-CALLED PASSIVE PREFIX BÉ / Maarten Mous -- CHUVAN AND OMOK LANGUAGES? / Irina Nikolaeva -- IF JAPANESE IS ALTAIC, HOW CAN IT BE SO SIMPLE? / Martine Robbeets -- BURYAT EVALUATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS / Elena Skribnik -- THREE TASHELHIYT BERBER TEXTS FROM THE ARSÈNE ROUX ARCHIVES / Harry Stroomer -- SYNTAX, RECURSION, PRODUCTIVITY – A USAGE-BASED PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVOLUTION OF GRAMMAR / Arie Verhagen -- LANGUAGE, BRAINS AND THE SYNTACTIC REVOLUTION / Jeroen Wiedenhof.
• Sommario/riassunto: Essays in Honour of Frederik Kortlandt. General linguistics