Number-- constructions and semantics : case studies from Africa, Amazonia, India and Oceania / / edited by Anne Storch, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, University of Cologne

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 499.12
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Number; Semantics (Philosophy)
• Persona (resp. second.): StorchAnne; DimmendaalGerrit J.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Number - Constructions and Semantics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of tables, maps and figures; Abbreviations; Preface; Chapter 1. One size fits all?; 1. Introduction; 2. The meanings of number; 2.1 Variation; 2.2 Aspect; Tables; Table I.1. Major nominal subcategories (Rijkhoff 2002: 54); 3. Constructs and the non-canonical marking of number; 4. Social and cultural aspects; 4.1 Honorifics; 4.2 Numerals; 4.3 Trade and diplomacy; 5. How this volume is organised; References; Chapter 2. Number and noun categorisation; 1. Introducing the topic ; 2. Number and reference classification in north-west Amazonia: A bird's eye viewTable II.1. Classifiers in Tariana (a selection) (adapted from Table 5.1 in Aikhenvald 2003: 89-92); Table II.2. How classifiers help disambiguate a polysemous noun in Tariana; Table II.3. Number distinctions, and number marking in Tariana; 3. Number, animacy and reference classification in Tariana; 3.1 Number distinctions and the categorisation of nominals; Table II.4. Personal agreement markers in Tariana; Table II.5. Personal pronouns in Tariana; 3.2 More on number agreement; 3.3 Multiple number marking ; 4. Interim summary: What is special about the Tariana number system?Table II.6. Number values for inanimates in Tucano and in Tariana: an illustration; 5. Tariana and its areal context; 6. Looking further afield; 7. To sum up; References; Table III.1. Examples of constructions, varying in size and complexity; Chapter 3. Pluractionality and the distribution of number marking across categories; 1. Background to the present study; 2. Plural arguments and plural events in Maban (Nilo-Saharan); 3. From iterative marking to number marking in Maasai (Nilo-Saharan) ; 4. Pluractional marking as non-canonical number markingReferences; Chapter 4. Figuratively speaking - number in Kharia; 1. Introduction; Table IV.1. Proforms in Kharia; 1.1 The Case-syntagma; 1.2 The tam/Person-syntagma; Table IV.2. Markers for tam and basic voice; Table IV.3. Enclitic subject markers in the Tam/Person-syntagma; 2. Number; 2.1 The dual and plural in Kharia; 3. Number and indexical order; 3.1 Associative functions of the dual and plural; 3.2 Honorificity; 3.3 Approximative plural; 4. Summary and outlook; References; Chapter 5. Number in Kambaata; 1. Introduction ; 2. Number marking on common nounsTable V.1. Two exemplary nominal declensions; Table V.2. Number terminology; 2.1 Number terminology; 2.2 Number morphology; 2.3 Functions of number morphemes; 2.4 Summary; 3. Number marking on proper nouns; Table V.3. Personal pronouns; 4. Number marking on pronouns; Table V.4. Proximal ('this') demonstrative pronouns; 5. Number agreement on nominal modifiers; Table V.5. Discontinuous subject agreement on affirmative indicative main verbs; 6. Number agreement on verbs; 7. Number in Kambaata: Derivation vs. inflection; References ; Chapter 6. The history of numeral classifiers in Teiwa (Papuan)
• Sommario/riassunto: Numeral systems of the Greater Awyu family of Papuan languages are the topic of this paper. Extended body-part systems that employ the fingers, parts of the arm and head are used by most languages in this family. Body-part based numeral systems of this type are only found in parts of New Guinea and Australia and are therefore of great interest for the typology of numeral systems. They are closed systems, with 23, 25 or 27 as highest number in the languages of the Greater Awyu family. They are also interesting because of the role of conventional gestures to distinguish the primary body-part mea
• Titolo autorizzato: Number-constructions and semantics
• ISBN: 1-4619-5835-0; 90-272-7063-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787711503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Language Companion Series