Information structure in Indigenous languages of the Americas [[electronic resource] ] : syntactic approaches / / edited by José Camacho, Rodrigo Gutiérrez-Bravo, Liliana Sánchez
| Information structure in Indigenous languages of the Americas [[electronic resource] ] : syntactic approaches / / edited by José Camacho, Rodrigo Gutiérrez-Bravo, Liliana Sánchez |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
| Disciplina | 498 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CamachoJosé
Gutiérrez BravoRodrigo <1972-> SánchezLiliana |
| Collana | Trends in linguistics. studies and monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Indians of South America - Languages - Grammar
Indians of North America - Languages - Grammar Indians of South America - Languages Indians of North America - Languages Discourse analysis Language and culture |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Information Structure
Languages of The Americas Syntax |
| ISBN |
1-282-72312-X
9786612723124 3-11-022853-X |
| Classificazione | EE 2050 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Language contact and pragmatic notions: Tariana in its multilingual context -- Communicative structure in Lushootseed syntax: Thematicity and focalization -- Null subjects in Shipibo switch-reference systems -- Cartography of expanded CP in Kuikuro (Southern Carib, Brazil) -- On word order and information structure in Yaqui -- On the nature of word order in Yucatec Maya -- The structure of CP in Karaja -- Agree and the licensing of wh-words and polarity sensitive items in Southern Quechua -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784913503321 |
| Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2010 | ||
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Reconstructing grammar : comparative linguistics and grammaticalization / / edited by Spike Gildea
| Reconstructing grammar : comparative linguistics and grammaticalization / / edited by Spike Gildea |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; [Great Britain], : John Benjamins, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GildeaSpike |
| Collana | Typological studies in language |
| Soggetto topico |
Comparative linguistics
Grammar, Comparative and general |
| ISBN |
9786612162824
9781282162822 1282162829 9781556196584 155619658X 9789027298560 9027298564 |
| Classificazione | EE 2050 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | RECONSTRUCTING GRAMMAR -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Areal typology and grammaticalization: The emergence of new verbal morphology in an obsolescent language -- Florescence as a Force in Grammaticalization -- On the Genesis of the Verb Phrase in Cariban Languages: Diversity through Reanalysis -- Internal reconstruction: As method, as theory -- The Concept of Proof in Genetic Linguistics -- Grammaticalization chains across languages: An example from Khoisan -- The accidental intransitive split in the Cariban family -- The reordering of morphemes -- Language and Language Family Index -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- The Series TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910958038503321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; [Great Britain], : John Benjamins, c2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Relative clauses in languages of the Americas : a typological overview / / edited by Bernard Comrie, Zarina Estrada-Fernández
| Relative clauses in languages of the Americas : a typological overview / / edited by Bernard Comrie, Zarina Estrada-Fernández |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 497 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ComrieBernard <1947->
Estrada FernándezZarina |
| Collana | Typological studies in language |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Relative clauses
Complexity (Linguistics) |
| ISBN |
9786613906793
9781283594349 128359434X 9789027273390 9027273391 |
| Classificazione | EE 2050 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Map of Languages Mentioned; Introduction; Toward a diachronic typology of relative clause; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Reconstruction methods; 2. From clause-chaining ('conjunction') to embedding; 3. From parenthetical to non-restrictive to embedded REL-clauses; 4. Making sense of nominalized REL-clauses; 5. A note on word-order; 6. Cleft and WH-questions: From parataxis to syntaxis; 7. Some tentative conclusions; Abbreviations; References
The evolution of language and elaborateness of grammar1. Introduction; 2. Encoding the relative clause construction in the languages of the world; 3. How do creoles mark relativization?; 4. Simplification/complexification and language contact; 5. Discussion; Abbreviations; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; References; Some issues in the linking between syntax and semantics in relative clauses; 1. Introduction; 2. The RRG analysis of clause structure and the linking algorithm; 3. Externally-headed relative clauses; 4. Internally-headed relative clauses; 5. Conclusion; References; Part ii Uto-Aztecan Relative clauses and nominalizations in Yaqui1. Introduction; 2. Relative clauses; 2.1 Definition; 2.2 Relativization types; 3. Relative clauses in Yaqui; 3.1 Subject relativization; 3.2 Direct object relativization; 3.3 Indirect object relativization; 3.4 Oblique relativization; 3.5 Locative oblique relativization; 4. Nominalization properties of Yaqui RCls; 4.1 Nominal characteristics; 4.1.1 Subject-RCl marker: suffix -me; 4.1.2 Non-subject-RCl marker: suffix -'u; 4.1.3 Locative oblique-RCl marker-: suffix -'Vpo; 4.2 Verbal characteristics; 5. Relativization vs. nominalization 5.1 Relativization5.2 Nominalization; 6. Final remarks; References; On relative clauses and related constructions in Yaqui; 1. Introduction; 2. Characterizing Yaqui Rel-clauses; 2.1 Basic morpho-syntactic properties of Yaqui; 2.2 The internal syntax of Rel-clauses; 2.3 Other functions of the suffix -me; 3. The nature and function of Yaqui Rel-clauses; 4. Distinguishing relatives from complements; 5. Discussion; 6. Final remarks; References; From demonstrative to relative marker to clause linker; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic facts of the language 3. Subject and object relative clauses in Pima Bajo4. The comparative scenario and the origin of the relativizer -kig; 5. Oblique constructions: -kig as a path to a clause linker; 6. Final remarks: Typological properties and linguistic change; References; Functional underpinnings of diachrony in relative clause formation; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Relevant basic clause properties/Typological profile; 1.2 Possession in Northern paiute; 1.3 Nominalizers in Northern paiute; 2. Relative clauses in Northern Paiute: A typological profile; 2.1 Subject relative clauses: Basic properties 2.2 Object relative clauses: Basic properties |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910963289903321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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