Motion, direction and location in languages : in honor of Zygmunt Frajzyngier / edited by Erin Shay, Uwe Seibert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frajzyngier, Zygmunt.

Shay, Erin.

Seibert, Uwe, 1963-

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 56.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion in language.

Direction in language.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Locative constructions.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2003.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book contributes to an area of study that is of interest to linguists of all backgrounds. Typological in nature this volume presents data analysis from the major language families of Africa as well as Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, Japanese, Indo-European, Siouan and Penutian. The 16 contributors to the volume share a commitment to examining the language phenomena pertaining to the volume's theme with a fresh eye. While most of the papers make reference to existing theoretical frameworks, each also makes a novel and sometimes surprising contribution to the body of knowledge and theory concer

Contents:

Motion, Direction and Location in Languages; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; DEDICATION; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; Zygmunt Frajzyngier *April 3, 1938; ZYGMUNT FRAJZYNGIER'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE STRUCTURE; THE MYTH OF DOUBLY GOVERNING PREPOSITIONS IN GERMAN; LOCALISATION ET MOUVEMENT DANS LE SYNTAGME VERBAL DU GROUPE TCHADIQUE CENTRAL; LEFT, RIGHT, AND THE CARDINAL DIRECTIONS SOME THOUGHTS ON CONSISTENCY AND USAGE; LOCATION AND DIRECTION IN KLAMATH; LOCATIVES AS CORE CONSTITUENTS

'COME' AND 'GO' AS DISCOURSE CONNECTORS IN KERA AND OTHER CHADIC LANGUAGESALTRILOCALITY IN TANGALEAND TUAREG: A COMMON HERITAGE FEATURE?; LOCATION AND MOTION IN !XUN (NAMIBIA); DIRECTIONALITY AND DISPLACED DIRECTIONALITY IN TOQABAQITA; MOTION, DIRECTION AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATION: A LEXICAL SEMANTIC STUDY OF'HANG' VERBS IN MANDARIN; CODING LOCATION, MOTION AND DIRECTION IN OLD BABYLONIAN AKKADIAN; MOTIONEVENTS IN CHANTYAL; LOCATIVE PREPOSITIONS IN CHADIC: LEXICAL OR GRAMMATICAL MORPHEMES; TWO LAKHOTA LOCATIVES AND THE ROLE OF INTROSPECTION IN LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS; DIRECTIONAL VERBS IN JAPANESE

L'ENCODAGE DE LA LOCALISATION,DE LA DIRECTION ET DU MOUVEMENT DANS LESLANGUES « KOTOKO » DU CAMEROUNIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Zygmunt Frajzyngier's contributions to the study of language structure"--P. [5]-18.

ISBN:

9786613312051

9781283312059

1283312050

9789027275219

9027275211

OCLC:

756484630