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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792205403321

Autore

Stolz Thomas

Titolo

The cross linguistics of zero-marking of spatial relations / / [edited by] Thomas Stolz, Sander Lestrade, Christel Stolz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-05-006530-3

3-05-501650-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Collana

Studia Typologica ; ; 15

Classificazione

ES 460

Disciplina

303.48/2

Soggetti

Intercultural communication

Cross-cultural orientation

Space perception

Discourse markers

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 (pages 385-395) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of contents -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part A. Introduction and theoretical framework -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Foundations -- Part B. The empirical side of zero-marking of spatial relations -- 3. Cross-linguistic objets trouvés -- 4. Case studies -- Part C. Insights and outlook -- 5. Evaluation -- 6. The end is near... -- Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

On the basis of a world-wide convenience sample of 116 languages, the distribution of zero-marking of spatial relations over the languages of the world is shown to largely escape any genetically, areally and/or typologically based constraints. The main goal of this book is to firmly establish the cross-linguistic occurrence of the zero-marking of spatial relations and to provide a framework for its study in terms of economy and predictability.