Functional-historical approaches to explanation : in honor of Scott Delancey / / edited by Timothy J. Thornes ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 294 p
• Disciplina: 417/.7
• Soggetto topico: Explanation (Linguistics); Historical linguistics; Functionalism (Linguistics); Typology (Linguistics)
• Classificazione: ER 200
• Altri autori: ThornesTimothy J DeLanceyScott Cameron
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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'.
• Titolo autorizzato: Functional-historical approaches to explanation
• ISBN: 9789027271976; 9027271976
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957595103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological studies in language ; 103