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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826797503321

Titolo

The linguistics of giving / / edited by John Newman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998

ISBN

1-283-31577-7

9786613315779

90-272-7558-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

Typological studies in language, , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 36

Altri autori (Persone)

NewmanJohn <1948->

Disciplina

401/.43

Soggetti

Semantics, Comparative

Generosity

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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