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Item Details
Title:
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THE LINGUISTICS OF GIVING
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By: |
John Newman (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£109.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
9027229333 |
ISBN 13: |
9789027229335 |
Publisher: |
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
Pub. date: |
15 February, 1998 |
Series: |
Typological Studies in Language 36 |
Pages: |
400 |
Description: |
The papers in this volume explore aspects of "GIVE" and "GIVE-type" verbs across languages. They document a range of constructional possibilities with "GIVE" verbs, as well as addressing issues relating to the morphology, syntax and semantics of "GIVE" constructions. |
Synopsis: |
In this collection of papers twelve linguists explore a range of interesting properties of 'give' verbs. The volume offers an in-depth look at many morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties of 'give' verbs, including both literal and figurative senses, across languages. Topics include: an apparent zero-morpheme realisation of 'give' in a Papuan language; noun plus causative-like suffix expressing the 'give' concept in Nahuatl; 'give' and other ditransitive constructions in Zulu; the complex verbal morphologies associated with 'give' verbs in Chipewyan, Cora, and Sochiapan Chinantec; the elaborate classificatory system found with 'give' verbs in Chipewyan and Cora; 'give', 'have' and 'take' constructions in Slavic languages; the expression of 'give' in American Sign Language; the origin of the German es gibt construction; the extension of 'give' to an adverbial marker in Thai, Khmer, and Vietnamese; the syntax and semantics of Dutch 'give'; first language acquisition of possession terms. |
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Netherlands |
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John Benjamins Publishing Co |
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