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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972242103321

Autore

Perkins Revere D (Revere Dale)

Titolo

Deixis, grammar, and culture / / Revere D. Perkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992

ISBN

1-283-31309-X

9786613313096

90-272-7717-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Typological studies in language, , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 24

Classificazione

ER 640

Disciplina

306.4/4

Soggetti

Language and culture

Grammar, Comparative and general - Deixis

Linguistic change

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

DEIXIS, GRAMMAR, AND CULTURE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; CHAPTER 1. Introduction and Preview; CHAPTER 2. Language Evolution; CHAPTER 3. Cultural Complexity; CHAPTER 4. Language/Culture Dimensions; CHAPTER 5. Linguistic Evolution; CHAPTER 6. Hologeistic Methodology; CHAPTER 7. Sampling; CHAPTER 8. Coding Criteria; CHAPTER 9. Results; CHAPTER 10. Methodological Controls; CHAPTER 11. Extensions and Conclusions; APPENDIX 1. Free Person and Noun Person Distinctions; APPENDIX 2. Linguistic Variables- Sources and Codes

APPENDIX 3. Languages,Affiliations, & Culture GroupsAPPENDIX 4. Sampling Notes; APPENDIX 5.  Cultural Complexity; APPENDIX 6. Codings; APPENDIX 7. Sample  Summary Scores; APPENDIX 8. Spatial autocorrelation   Alignments; APPENDIX 9. Sub-sample Scores; APPENDIX 10. Keenan-Comrie Scores; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many linguists have believed that there is no connection between culture and language structures. This study reviews some of the literature supporting vocabulary connections, hypotheses for other connections, and critical views of this type of hypothesis. Precisely such a connection is developed employing a functional view of language and grammaticization principles. Using a world-wide probability sample of



forty-nine languages, an association between culture and the grammatical coding of deictics is tested and statistically found to be corroborated to a very significant extent. Suggestions ar