35.2197, Books: The polyfunctionality of 'still' expressions: Persohn (2024)

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Date: 02-Aug-2024
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [sebastian.nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: The polyfunctionality of 'still' expressions: Persohn (2024)


Title: The polyfunctionality of 'still' expressions
Subtitle: A cross-linguistic exploration
Series Title: Research on Comparative Grammar
Publication Year: 2024
Publisher: Language Science Press
                http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/439

Author: Bastian Persohn
eBook: ISBN: 978-3-96110-475-8 Pages: 784 Price: Europe EURO 0
Abstract:

Expressions from the semasiological domain of phasal polarity
(ʻstillʼ, ʻalreadyʼ, etc.) tend to be highly polyfunctional, with
their various uses often extending into a wide range of other
linguistic domains, both time-related and non-temporal. Yet these
patterns have hitherto been investigated mostly for individual
languages or smaller groups. This volume presents the first ever
larger-scale survey of the numerous functions of expressions whose
meanings include the notion of ʻstill’, making use of a global sample
of 76 varieties from 45 distinct phyla. It is aimed at semanticists,
typologists and descriptive grammarians alike.

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English (eng)



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