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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815888103321

Titolo

Reciprocals and semantic typology / / edited by Nicholas Evans ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-23447-5

9786613234476

90-272-8662-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Typological studies in language (TSL), , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 98

Altri autori (Persone)

EvansNicholas

Disciplina

401/.43

Soggetti

Semantics

Typology (Linguistics)

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

Reciprocals and Semantic Typology; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Reciprocals and semantic typology; 2. The semantics of reciprocal constructions across languages; 3. Semantics of Khoekhoe reciprocal constructions; 4. Reciprocal constructions in English: Each other and beyond; 5. Reciprocal constructions in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language; 6. Mundari reciprocals; 7. Description of reciprocal situations in Lao; 8. Reciprocal constructions in Mah Meri; 9. The coding of reciprocal events in Jahai

10. Reciprocals in Yélî Dnye, the Papuan language of Rossel Island11. Reciprocals in Rotokas; 12. Expression of reciprocity in Savosavo; 13. To have and have not: Kilivila reciprocals; 14. Strategies for encoding reciprocity in Mawng; 15. Reciprocal-marked and marked reciprocal events in Kuuk Thaayorre; 16. Reciprocal constructions in Olutec; 17. Reciprocal constructions in Tsafiki; 18. Reciprocal constructions in Hup; 19. Reciprocals and semantic typology: Some concluding remarks; Addresses; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reciprocals are an increasingly hot topic in linguistic research. This reflects the intersection of several factors: the semantic and syntactic complexity of reciprocal constructions, their centrality to some key points of linguistic theorizing (such as Binding Conditions on anaphors



within Government and Binding Theory), and the centrality of reciprocity to theories of social structure, human evolution and social cognition. No existing work, however, tackles the question of exactly what reciprocal constructions mean cross-linguistically. Is there a single, Platonic 'reciprocal' meaning found