03172nam 2200733 a 450 991095759510332120240314014319.09789027271976902727197610.1075/tsl.103(CKB)2550000001100437(SSID)ssj0000918082(PQKBManifestationID)11454508(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918082(PQKBWorkID)10894567(PQKB)10498036(Au-PeEL)EBL1316680(CaPaEBR)ebr10734237(CaONFJC)MIL504863(OCoLC)853239127(MiAaPQ)EBC1316680(DE-B1597)721719(DE-B1597)9789027271976(EXLCZ)99255000000110043720130315d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFunctional-historical approaches to explanation in honor of Scott Delancey /edited by Timothy J. Thornes ... [et al.]1st ed.Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co.2013xviii, 294 pTypological Studies in Language ;103Typological studies in language,0167-7373 ;v. 103Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9789027206848 9027206848 9781299736122 1299736122 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.pt. 1. Typological studies -- pt. 2. Contributions to historical linguistics -- pt. 3. TAME and case alignment -- pt. 4. Multi-clause constructions -- pt. 5. Functional motivation and extension.All branches of Eastern Nilotic have directionals. The Maa (Maasai) away morpheme has a range of functions, including motion away, direction away, distributive action or situation, continuous aspect, a possible plurality function, an applicative-like function, and with some verbs a valence decreasing function. With some other verbs, away is simply lexicalized as part of the stem. The story of away is coherent once the core semantic function is understood, which Tucker and Mpaayei (1955) called 'Motion Away'. However, processes of both lexicalization and grammaticalization have taken place, and the synchronic meaning of this morpheme cannot always and only be understood as indicating (even metaphorical) 'motion away'.Typological studies in language103Explanation (Linguistics)Historical linguisticsFunctionalism (Linguistics)Typology (Linguistics)Explanation (Linguistics)Historical linguistics.Functionalism (Linguistics)Typology (Linguistics)417/.7ER 200rvkThornes Timothy J1799776DeLancey Scott Cameron1799777MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957595103321Functional-historical approaches to explanation4344179UNINA