The linguistics of giving / / edited by John Newman
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| Titolo: |
The linguistics of giving / / edited by John Newman
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 401/.43 |
| Soggetto topico: | Semantics, Comparative |
| Generosity | |
| Linguistics | |
| Altri autori: |
NewmanJohn <1948->
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The linguistics of giving |
| ISBN: | 1-283-31577-7 |
| 9786613315779 | |
| 90-272-7558-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826797503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Typological studies in language ; ; v. 36.