The Linguistics of Giving
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| Title: | The Linguistics of Giving |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Newman, John |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Linguistics, Semantics, Comparative, Generosity--Terminology |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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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| ISBN: | 9789027229335 9789027275585 |
