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Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 12:51:03
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World: Mattiola

 


Title: Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the
World 
Series Title: Typological Studies in Language 125  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.125 


Author: Simone Mattiola

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262585 Pages: 237 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262585 Pages: 237 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262585 Pages: 237 Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203137 Pages: 237 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203137 Pages: 237 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203137 Pages: 237 Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

The aim of this book is to give the first large-scale typological
investigation of pluractionality in the languages of the world.
Pluractionality is defined as the morphological modification of the verb to
express a plurality of situations that can additionally involve a plurality of
participants and/or spaces. Based on a 246-language sample, the main
characteristics of pluractionality are described and discussed throughout the
book. Firstly, a description of the functions that pluractional markers
cross-linguistically express is presented and the relationships occurring
among them are explained through the semantic map model. Then, the marking
strategies that languages display to express such functions are illustrated
and some issues concerning the formal identification are briefly discussed as
well. The typological generalizations are corroborated showing how
pluractional markers work in three specific languages (Akawaio, Beja, Maa). In
conclusion, the theoretical conceptualization of pluractionality is discussed
referring to the Radical Construction Grammar approach.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Semantics
                     Syntax
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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