New Book: Newman

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Title: The Linguistics of Sitting, Standing and Lying
Series Title: Typological Studies in Language 51

Publication Year: 2002
Publisher: John Benjamins
            http://www.benjamins.com/

Editor: John  Newman (Massey University)

Hardback: ISBN: 1588112047, Pages: xii, 409 pp., Price: USD 108.00 (US &
Canada)
Hardback: ISBN: 9027229570, Pages: xii, 409 pp., Price: EUR 120.00
(Everywhere Else)

Abstract:

This volume explores properties of "sit", "stand", and "lie" verbs,
reflecting three of the most salient postures associated with
humans. An introductory chapter by the Editor provides an overview of
directions for research into posture verbs. These directions are then
explored in detail in a number of languages: Dutch; Korean; Japanese;
Lao; Chantyal, Magar (Tibeto-Burman); Chipewyan (Athapaskan); Trumai
(spoken in Brazil); Kxoe (Khoisan); Mbay (Nilo-Saharan); Oceanic;
Enga, Ku Waru (Papuan); Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara, Ngan'gityemerri
(Australian). The contributors discuss data relevant to many fields of
linguistic inquiry, including patterns of lexicalization (e.g.,
simplex or complex verb forms), morphology (e.g., state vs. action
formations), grammaticalization (e.g., extension to locational
predicates, aspect markers, auxiliaries, copulas, classifiers), and
figurative extension. A final chapter reports on an experimental
methodology designed to establish the relevant cognitive parameters
underlying speakers' judgements on the polysemy of English
stand. Taken together, the chapters provide a wealth of
cross-linguistic data on posture verbs.

Table of Contents

Preface  vii
1. A cross-linguistic overview of the posture verbs "sit", "stand",
    and "lie"
      John Newman  1
2. Semantics and combinatorics of "sit", "stand", and "lie" in Lao
      Nick J. Enfield  25
3. Action and state interpretations of "sit" in Japanese and English
      John Newman and Toshiko Yamaguchi  43
4. Posture and existence predicates in Dene Suline (Chipewyan):
    Lexical and semantic density as a function of the "stand"/"sit/"lie"
    continuum
      Sally Rice  61
5. Posture verbs in two Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal
      Michael Noonan and Karen Grunow-Harsta  79
6. The semantic network of Dutch posture verbs
      Maarten Lemmens  103
7. The syntax and semantics of posture forms in Trumai
      Raquel Guirardello-Damian  141
8. Men stand, women sit: On the grammaticalization of posture verbs in
    Papuan languages, its bodily basis and cultural correlates
      Alan L. Rumsey  179
9. Posture, location, existence, and states of being in two Central
    Australian languages
Cliff Goddard and Jean Harkins  213
10. Sit right down the back: Serialized posture verbs in
     Ngan'gityemerri and other Northern Australian languages
      Nicholas Reid  239
11. Posture verbs in Oceanic
      Frank Lichtenberk  269
12. The grammatical evolution of posture verbs in Kxoe
      Christa Kilian-Hatz  315
13. Posture verbs in Mbay
      John M. Keegan  333
14. The posture verbs in Korean: Basic and extended uses
      Jae Jung Song  359
15. Embodied standing and the psychological semantics of stand
      Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.  387
Index  401

Lingfield(s):  Linguistic Theories

Written In:  English (Language Code: ENG)




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