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Prototypical transitivity [[electronic resource] /] / Åshild Næss
Prototypical transitivity [[electronic resource] /] / Åshild Næss
Autore Næss Åshild
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina 415/.6
Collana Typological studies in language
Soggetto topico Grammar, Comparative and general - Transitivity
Protoype (Linguistics)
Semantics
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-04301-X
1-282-15286-6
9786612152863
9786611043018
90-272-9221-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910454522703321
Næss Åshild  
Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Prototypical transitivity [[electronic resource] /] / Åshild Næss
Prototypical transitivity [[electronic resource] /] / Åshild Næss
Autore Næss Åshild
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina 415/.6
Collana Typological studies in language
Soggetto topico Grammar, Comparative and general - Transitivity
Protoype (Linguistics)
Semantics
ISBN 1-281-04301-X
1-282-15286-6
9786612152863
9786611043018
90-272-9221-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910782038403321
Næss Åshild  
Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Prototypical transitivity / / Åshild Næss
Prototypical transitivity / / Åshild Næss
Autore Næss Åshild
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina 415/.6
Collana Typological studies in language
Soggetto topico Grammar, Comparative and general - Transitivity
Protoype (Linguistics)
Semantics
ISBN 1-281-04301-X
1-282-15286-6
9786612152863
9786611043018
90-272-9221-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Prototypical Transitivity -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- 1.1 Why transitivity? -- 1.2 Theoretical preliminaries -- 1.2.1 Functional typology and prototype theory -- 1.2.2 Definitions and terminology -- 1.3 Structure of the book -- II. Why a transitive prototype? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Prototype models -- 2.2.1 Characteristics of a prototype model -- 2.2.2 Transitivity as a prototype concept -- 2.2.3 Descriptive and explanatory issues -- 2.3 Markedness vs. prototypicality -- 2.3.1 Comrie's generalisation -- 2.3.2 Transitives vs. intransitives -- 2.3.3 Transitivity and the maximal distinction of categories -- 2.3.4 The markedness of prototypically transitive clauses -- 2.4 Conclusion -- III. Defining the transitive prototype -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The maximally distinguished arguments hypothesis -- 3.2.1 Transitivity and the distinguishability of participants -- 3.2.2 Inherent vs. relational properties -- 3.2.3 The trouble with agents -- 3.2.4 Participant roles vs. thematic relations -- 3.2.5 The properties of agents and patients -- 3.2.6 Agent and patient as maximally distinct categories -- 3.3 Maximal distinction and functional explanations -- IV. The affected agent -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 "Ingestive verbs" and affected agents -- 4.3 Crosslinguistic data -- 4.3.1 Indefinite object deletion and suppletive verb pairs -- 4.3.2 Labile verbs -- 4.3.3 Cross-referencing properties -- 4.3.4 Causativisation -- 4.3.5 Case-marking properties -- 4.4 'Eat' and markers of agent affectedness -- 4.4.1 Affected Agents and the meaning of 'eat' -- 4.4.2 'Eat' and reflexive constructions -- 4.4.3 'Eat' grammaticalised as marker of agent affectedness -- 4.5 Alternative analyses -- 4.6 Other affected-agent constructions -- 4.7 Concluding remarks -- V. Transitivity in verbs and clauses.
5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Previous feature-decompositional accounts -- 5.3 Semantic specifications of participant types -- 5.3.1 [+VOL, -INST, +AFF]: Volitional Undergoers -- 5.3.2 [-VOL, +INST, -AFF]: Force -- 5.3.3 [-VOL, +INST, +AFF]: Instrument -- 5.3.4 [+VOL, -INST, -AFF]: Frustrative -- 5.3.5 [-VOL, -INST, -AFF]: Neutral -- 5.4 Semantic features in verb subcategorisation -- 5.5 Properties of argument NPs -- 5.6 Clause-level properties -- 5.6.1 Clausal operators as "feature-switchers" -- 5.6.2 Negation and mood -- 5.6.3 Aspect -- 5.7 Formal correlates -- 5.8 Conclusion -- VI. Ambitransitivity and indefinite object deletion -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Indefinite object deletion -- 6.2.1 Defining the term -- 6.2.2 Typical IOD verbs -- 6.2.3 Clausal-level IOD -- 6.2.4 Previous approaches -- 6.3 Transitivity and indefinite object deletion -- 6.3.1 IOD as a detransitivising mechanism -- 6.3.2 Additional factors -- 6.3.3 Semantic specialisation: The case of 'eat' and 'drink' -- 6.4 IOD and S/O ambitransitives -- VII. Maximal semantic distinction in core case-marking -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The discriminatory analysis -- 7.3 The indexing analysis -- 7.4 Case and the maximal semantic distinction of arguments -- 7.4.1 Patient/object marking -- 7.4.2 Agent/subject marking -- 7.5 Case and semantic transitivity - unifying discrimination and indexing -- 7.6 Semantic extensions -- 7.7 Discriminatory extensions -- 7.8 Split ergativity -- 7.9 A note on case-marking labels -- VIII. Experiencers and the dative -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The semantic diversity of experience events -- 8.3 Experience clauses and the transitive prototype -- 8.4 The dative case -- 8.4.1 Dative as a marker of Volitional Undergoers -- 8.4.2 From recipients to possessors -- 8.4.3 Causee case-marking -- 8.4.4 The relevance of animacy -- 8.4.5 Less affected objects.
8.4.6 Uncontrolled intransitives -- IX. Beyond prototypical transitivity -- 9.1 From Agent and Patient to subject and object -- 9.2 Structural vs. semantic case -- 9.3 Other prototypes -- 9.4 Concluding remarks -- Appendix: Nonstandard abbreviations in glosses -- References -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index -- The series Typological Studies in Language.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910825050703321
Næss Åshild  
Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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