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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971024303321

Autore

Kiyosawa Kaoru

Titolo

Salish applicative s / by Kaoru Kiyosawa and Donna B. Gerdts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2010

ISBN

9786613119544

9781283119542

1283119544

9789004185401

9004185402

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

Brill eBook titles 2011

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.