Similative and equative constructions : a cross-linguistic perspective edited by Yvonne Treis, Martine Vanhove.

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"While comparative constructions have been extensively studied in the past decades, the expression of equality and similarity has so far attracted little attention in the typological literature. The fifteen contributions assembled in this volume study similative and equative constructions in ty...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Treis, Yvonne (Editor ), Vanhove, Martine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]
Colección:Typological studies in language ; v. 117.
Temas:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Coordinate constructions.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization.
Contrastive linguistics.
Typology (Linguistics)
Coordonnées (Linguistique)
Grammaticalisation.
Linguistique contrastive.
Typologie (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Contrastive linguistics
Grammar, Comparative and general > Coordinate constructions
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Similative and Equative Constructions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; References; Chapter 1. Equative constructions in world-wide perspective: Equative constructions in world-wide perspective; 1. Introduction: Equative constructions; 2. European similatives and equatives based on manner words; 3. The primary types of equative constructions; 4. Comparing equative and comparative constructions; 5. Examples of the primary types; 6. Other ways of expressing identity of degree; 7. No general equative construction; 8. Cross-linguistic generalizations.
  • 9. ConclusionSpecial abbreviations; Appendix. The sample languages; References; Chapter 2. Toward a cognitive typology of like-expressions: Toward a cognitive typology of like-expressions; 1. Introduction ; 2. like-constructions; 3. The cognitive semantics of like-concepts; 4. like-concepts in Udi and Caucasian Albanian: A case study; 5. Conclusions; Abbrevations and symbols; References; Chapter 3. Similarity, suitability, and non-epistemic modalities (volitionality, ability, and obligation); 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Non-epistemic modalities expressed by verbs also used to express similarity: Three African examples3. From Proto-Germanic *līk 'body, form; like, same' to Tok Pisin laik 'want, like, desire'; 4. Bantu *ngà 'be like; as, if' and the modality marker *nga; 5. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 4. Similative morphemes as purpose clause markers in Ethiopia and beyond; 1. Introduction; 2. The multifunctionality of =g 'manner' in Kambaata; 3. Similative-purpose multifunctionality in Ethiopia; 4. Summary; References; Appendix 1. Abbreviations of g losses.
  • Appendix 2. Abbreviations of functions Appendix 3. Sources; Chapter 5. The deictic identification of similarity; 1. Introduction: Similarity in cognition and language structure; 2. Demonstratives: General framework of analysis; 3. Demonstratives of similarity: Manner, quality, degree; 4. Meaning, semantic change and the grammaticalisation of similative and equative constructions; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; References.
  • Chapter 6. Comparison, similarity and simulation in Zaar, a Chadic language of Nigeria: Comparison, similarity and simulation in Zaar, a Chadic language of Nigeria1. Introduction; 2. Zaar, a South-Bauchi Chadic language; 3. A brief overview of comparison in Zaar; 4. Comparative; 5. Equative/Similative structure; 6. Morphological status of the parameter marker ɗan; 7. Semantics of the equative/similative structure; 8. Grammaticalisation of the equative/similative structure; 9. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References

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