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Title Clusivity : typology and case studies of inclusive-exclusive distinction / edited by Elena Filimonova
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 436 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; 63
Typological studies in language ; 63. 0167-7373
Contents Introduction / Elena Filimonova -- Understanding inclusives / Michael Daniel -- Inclusive-exclusive as person vs. number catagories worldwide / Balthasar Bickel and Johanna Nichols -- Syncretisms involving clusivity / Michael Cysouw -- Only you? / Horst J. Simon -- Inclusive and exclusive in free and bound person forms / Anna Siewierska and Dik Bakker -- Inclusive imperative / Nina Dobrushina and Valentin Goussev -- A typology of honorific uses of clusivity / Michael Cysouw -- Exclusive pronouns in American Sign Language / Kearsy Cormier -- Inclusive-exclusive in Austronesian / Frantisek Lichtenberk -- The inclusive-exclusive distinction in in Tibeto-Burman languages / Randy J. LaPolla -- Inclusive-exclusive distinctions in the languages of central-western South America / Mily Crevels and Pieter Muysken -- Inclusive and exclusive in Turkic languages / Irena Nevskaya -- Development of an inclusive-exclusive distinction / Jeanette Sakel -- The inclusive and exclusive in Shuswap / Jan P. van Eijk -- Clusivity cross-linguistically / Elene Filimonova
Summary This book presents a collection of papers on clusivity, a newly coined term for the inclusive-exclusive distinction. Clusivity is a widespread feature familiar from descriptive grammars and frequently figuring in typological schemes and diachronic scenarios. However, no comprehensive exploration of it has been available so far. This book is intended to make the first step towards a better understanding of the inclusive-exclusive opposition, by documenting the current linguistic knowledge on the topic. The issues discussed include the categorial and paradigmatic status of the opposition, its geo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clusivity.
Typology (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clusivity
Typology (Linguistics)
Personalpronomen
Sprachtypologie
Form Electronic book
Author Filimonova, Elena.
ISBN 9789027293886
9027293880
1282156179
9781282156173
9786612156175
6612156171