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UNINA9910826797503321 |
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Titolo |
The linguistics of giving / / edited by John Newman |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-31577-7 |
9786613315779 |
90-272-7558-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Collana |
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Typological studies in language, , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 36 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Semantics, Comparative |
Generosity |
Linguistics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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THE LINGUISTICS OF GIVING; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Abbreviations; Preface; GIVE in Amele; Giving in Nawatl; Double object constructions in Zulu; Giving and taking in Chipewyan: The semantics of THING-marking classificatory verbs; Lots of ways to GIVE in Cora; GIVE: Acts of giving in American Sign Language; Sochiapan Chinantec GIVE: A window into clause structure; GIVE, HAVE, and TAKE in Slavic; Giving in Dutch: An intra-lexematical and inter-lexematical description; The origin of the German es gibt construction; On the development of MANNER from GIVE |
One child's early talk about possessionIndex of Names; Indexof Subjects |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this collection of papers twelve linguists explore a range of interesting properties of 'give' verbs. The volume offers an in-depth look at many morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties of 'give' verbs, including both literal and figurative senses, across languages. Topics include: an apparent zero-morpheme realisation of 'give' in a Papuan language; noun plus causative-like suffix expressing the 'give' concept in Nahuatl; 'give' and other ditransitive constructions in Zulu; the complex verbal morphologies associated with 'give' verbs in Chipewyan, Cora, and Sochiapan Chinantec; th |
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