Nominalization in Asian languages : diachronic and typological perspectives /
Research on nominalization, a process that gives rise to referring expressions, has always played a central role in linguistic investigations. Over the years there has also been growing evidence that nominalization constructions often extend to non-referential domains. They participate in noun-modif...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2011.
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Colección: | Typological studies in language ;
v. 96. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Research on nominalization, a process that gives rise to referring expressions, has always played a central role in linguistic investigations. Over the years there has also been growing evidence that nominalization constructions often extend to non-referential domains. They participate in noun-modifying expressions (e.g. genitive and relative clauses), subordinate clauses and topic constructions, finite structures with the nominalizers reanalyzed as TAM markers, and stance constructions with evaluative, attitudinal, evidential and epistemic overtones. This volume brings together historical and. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 796 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9789027287243 9027287244 1283144115 9781283144117 9786613144119 6613144118 |
ISSN: | 0167-7373 ; |