Salish applicatives [[electronic resource] /] / by Kaoru Kiyosawa and Donna B. Gerdts

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790082103321
• Autore: Kiyosawa Kaoru
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010
• ISBN: 1-283-11954-4; 9786613119544; 90-04-18540-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Collana: Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas, , 1876-5580 ; ; v. 1
• Altri autori (Persone): GerdtsDonna B
• Disciplina: 497/.94
• Soggetti: Salishan languages - Grammar; Salishan languages - Morphology
• 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: Preliminary Material / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter One. Introduction / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter Two. The Morphosyntax Of Salish Applicatives / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter Three. Relational Applicatives / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter Four. Redirective Applicatives / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter Five. Exceptional Applicative Suffixes / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter Six. A Closer Look At Transitive Marking / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter Seven. Combinatory Properties Of Applicatives / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter Eight. Discourse Functions Of Salish Applicatives / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter Nine. Cross-Linguistic Perspectives / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Bibliography / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts -- Indices / K. Kiyosawa and D. Gerdts.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a comprehensive view of the morphology, syntax, and semantics of applicatives in Salish, a language family of northwestern North America. Applicative constructions, found in many polysynthetic languages, cast a semantically peripheral noun phrase as direct object. Drawing upon primary and secondary data from twenty Salish languages, the authors catalog the relationship between the form and function of seventeen applicative suffixes. The semantic role of the ; associated noun phrase and the verb class of the base are crucial factors in differentiating applicatives. Salish languages have two types of applicatives: relationals are formed on intransitive bases and redirectives on transitive ones. The historical development and discourse function of Salish applicatives are elucidated and placed in typological perspective.