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1 online resource (387 pages) |
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Typological studies in language ; 100 |
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Typological studies in language ; 100
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Events of Putting and Taking; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Contributors; Preface; References; Putting and taking events; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods; 2.1 Materials; 2.2 Procedure; 3. Placement and removal across languages; 3.1 Syntax-semantics mappings; 3.2 Lexical semantics; 3.3 (A)symmetries in the encoding of placement vs. removal; 4. Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix; Part I. Lexical semantics; The linguistic encoding of placement and removal events in Jahai; 1. Introduction; 2. Structural preliminaries |
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3. The form and function of descriptions3.1 Structural characteristics; 3.2 Mapping of roles and syntactic constituents; 3.3 Structural and functional variation in the third phrase; 3.4 Structural and functional aspects of the placement/removal distinction; 4. The verbs; 4.1 Putting and taking; 4.2 Inserting and extracting; 4.3 Dressing and undressing; 4.4 Placing and retracting one's own body parts; 4.5 Other distinctions; 5. Summary and conclusions; References; Orthography and abbreviations; Acknowledgements; "She from bookshelf take-descend-come the box"; 1. Introduction |
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2. Encoding placement events in Mandarin3. Lexical semantics of placement verbs; 3.1 Productivity and the semantic composition of directional verb compounds; 3.2 Path verbs: V2 and V3 of the directional verb compound; 3.3 Verbs expressing manipulation: V1 of the directional verb compounds; 3.4 Verbs encoding Path as the V1 of the directional compounds; 3.5 Summary; 4. Conclusion; References; To 'put' or to 'take'?; 1. Introduction; 2. Method; 3. Linguistic resources for placement events in Tzeltal; 3.1 Predicating placement events in Tzeltal |
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3.2 Constructions used to describe placement events4. Verb semantics: Specific or general?; 4.1 Verbs used to describe placement and removal events; 4.2 Verb frequency: 'put' vs. 'take'; 4.3 Semantic specificity in verbs for 'put' vs. 'take'; 4.4 The significance of 'put' vs. 'take' asymmetry; 5. Conclusions; References; Appendix; The encoding of placement and removal events in?Ak̄hoe Hai?om; 1. Introduction; 2. Morphosyntax of placement and removal constructions; 2.1 General aspects of?Ak̄hoe Hai?om morphosyntax; 2.2 Information packaging in placement and removal constructions |
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2.3 Morphology of complex placement and removal verbs3. Major placement/removal situation types and their verbal expression; 3.1 Giving/taking away; 3.2 Dressing/undressing; 3.3 Inserting/extracting; 3.4 Putting/taking; 4. Lexical variation in event descriptions; 5. Semantics and distribution of main placement/removal verbs; 5.1 Giving/taking away: mâ 'give'/u 'take'; 5.2 Dressing/undressing: gapa 'put on (headgear)', ana 'put on (garment, etc.)',?haro 'put on (footwear)'/u-?na 'take down',?hû 'take off (garment, footwear, etc.)' |
| Summary |
Events of putting things in places, and removing them from places, are fundamental activities of human experience. But do speakers of different languages construe such events in the same way when describing them? This volume investigates placement and removal event descriptions from 18 areally, genetically, and typologically diverse languages. Each chapter describes the lexical and grammatical means used to describe such events, and further investigates one of the following themes: syntax-semantics mappings, lexical semantics, and asymmetries in the encoding of placement versus removal events |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
5.3 Inserting/extracting:?ga 'insert'/u-?ui 'take out' (take-out) |
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Semantics.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Semantics
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semantics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Semantics.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb
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Semantics
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Typology (Linguistics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kopecka, Anetta.
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Narasimhan, Bhuvana.
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| LC no. |
2011048236 |
| ISBN |
9789027275004 |
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9027275009 |
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1283549050 |
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9781283549059 |
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9027206813 |
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9789027206817 |
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9786613861504 |
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6613861502 |
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