LEADER 04568nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910454424603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-19411-9 010 $a9786612194115 010 $a3-11-019775-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110197754 035 $a(CKB)1000000000689117 035 $a(EBL)325626 035 $a(OCoLC)290492499 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000198254 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198254 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10170925 035 $a(PQKB)10197207 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC325626 035 $a(DE-B1597)32247 035 $a(OCoLC)741344403 035 $a(OCoLC)853206895 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110197754 035 $a(PPN)202050572 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL325626 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10197211 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL219411 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000689117 100 $a20060711d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMarquesan$b[electronic resource] $ea grammar of space /$fby Gabriele H. Cablitz 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cMouton de Gruyter$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (704 p.) 225 1 $aTrends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;$v169 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-018949-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [652]-671) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tChapter 1 Motivations for a study of space -- $tChapter 2 Ethnographic and linguistic background and methodology -- $tChapter 3 Grammatical Sketch -- $tChapter 4 Theoretical background of language and space research -- $tChapter 5 Semantic and morphosyntactic analysis of locative constructions in North Marquesan -- $tChapter 6 Modifiers in locative constructions -- $tChapter 7 Usage of locative constructions in large-scale and small-scale reference -- $tChapter 8 Summary and conclusion -- $t Backmatter 330 $aThis volume investigates the linguistic and semantic encodings and conceptions of space in the East-Polynesian language Marquesan by focusing on the great variety of language- and culture-specific ways of referring to space, thus documenting an essential part of human behaviour and everyday communication in a South Pacific island population. On the basis of a large corpus of both natural and elicited spoken language data the morphosyntactic and semantic properties of all relevant lexical and grammatical units and constructions used for spatial reference are analysed in detail. Remarkable for this language is the fact that a particular kind of spatial orientation system based on local landmarks of the environment - a so-called 'absolute system' - is used for spatial description even on a micro-level or so-called 'table-top' space. Marquesan - A Grammar of Space is the first comprehensive description and in-depth study of spatial language to be found in an Austronesian language. Apart from examining the complex sociolinguistic situation, the degree of language endangerment in the bilingual speech community and the resulting rapid linguistic change in spatial language use, the book also offers a detailed description of the theoretical background of 'language and space' research and the linguistic variability to be found across languages. Moreover, the volume contains an extensive grammatical sketch of Marquesan which complements the language description of the specific domain space in a useful way providing the reader with general insights into one of the not well documented Oceanic languages. The volume addresses linguists, psycholinguists, anthropologists, fieldworking linguists, and especially Oceanists and Austronesianists. Moreover, it provides important insights for researchers from other disciplines that are interested in the study of space. 410 0$aTrends in linguistics.$pStudies and monographs ;$v169. 606 $aMarquesan language$xGrammar 606 $aSpace and time in language 606 $aMarquesan language$xLocative constructions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMarquesan language$xGrammar. 615 0$aSpace and time in language. 615 0$aMarquesan language$xLocative constructions. 676 $a499/.42 700 $aCablitz$b Gabriele H.$f1966-$01048551 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454424603321 996 $aMarquesan$92476915 997 $aUNINA