Typological studies in negation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Kahrel, René van den Berg

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (395 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Negatives; Typology (Linguistics)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KahrelPeter BergRené van den <1960->
• Note generali: Contributions on aspects of negation of sixteen languages.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN NEGATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Evenki; Turkish; Sentani; Lewo; Standard Mandarin; Zazaki; Hungarian; Kresh; Babole; Bafut; Berbice Dutch; Waorani; Tuyuca; Wayampi; Maya-Mam; 1. Introduction; 2. Negation; 3. Rhetorical questions; 4. Other particles; 5. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of articles offers descriptions of the negation system in 16 languages. As not much is known about negation systems in non-European languages, the first aim of the volume is to provide data on various aspects on negation; for all articles these data were collected on the basis of the same questionnaire.Most work on this subject deals with syntactic aspects of negation; this volume attempts to include pragmatic and semantic issues as well, such as the expression of negative indefinites, interaction of negation and quantifiers, the scope of negation, and the choice of a particula
• Titolo autorizzato: Typological studies in negation
• ISBN: 1-283-31200-X; 9786613312006; 90-272-7510-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457775603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological studies in language ; ; v. 29.