Reciprocals and semantic typology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nicholas Evans ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Disciplina: 401/.43
• Soggetto topico: Semantics; Typology (Linguistics)
• Altri autori: EvansNicholas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Reciprocals and Semantic Typology; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Reciprocals and semantic typology; 2. The semantics of reciprocal constructions across languages; 3. Semantics of Khoekhoe reciprocal constructions; 4. Reciprocal constructions in English: Each other and beyond; 5. Reciprocal constructions in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language; 6. Mundari reciprocals; 7. Description of reciprocal situations in Lao; 8. Reciprocal constructions in Mah Meri; 9. The coding of reciprocal events in Jahai ; 10. Reciprocals in Yélî Dnye, the Papuan language of Rossel Island11. Reciprocals in Rotokas; 12. Expression of reciprocity in Savosavo; 13. To have and have not: Kilivila reciprocals; 14. Strategies for encoding reciprocity in Mawng; 15. Reciprocal-marked and marked reciprocal events in Kuuk Thaayorre; 16. Reciprocal constructions in Olutec; 17. Reciprocal constructions in Tsafiki; 18. Reciprocal constructions in Hup; 19. Reciprocals and semantic typology: Some concluding remarks; Addresses; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Reciprocals are an increasingly hot topic in linguistic research. This reflects the intersection of several factors: the semantic and syntactic complexity of reciprocal constructions, their centrality to some key points of linguistic theorizing (such as Binding Conditions on anaphors within Government and Binding Theory), and the centrality of reciprocity to theories of social structure, human evolution and social cognition. No existing work, however, tackles the question of exactly what reciprocal constructions mean cross-linguistically. Is there a single, Platonic 'reciprocal' meaning found
• Titolo autorizzato: Reciprocals and semantic typology
• ISBN: 1-283-23447-5; 9786613234476; 90-272-8662-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815888103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological studies in language ; ; v. 98.