Similative and equative constructions : a cross-linguistic perspective edited by Yvonne Treis, Martine Vanhove.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Treis, Yvonne, editor.

Vanhove, Martine, editor.

Series:

Typological studies in language ; 0167-7373 v. 117.

Typological studies in language (TSL), 0167-7373 ; volume 117

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Coordinate constructions.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Contrastive linguistics.

Typology (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

437 pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]

Summary:

"While comparative constructions have been extensively studied in the past decades, the expression of equality and similarity has so far attracted little attention in the typological literature. The fifteen contributions assembled in this volume study similative and equative constructions in typologically and genetically distant languages, albeit with a focus on Africa, and from a range of perspectives. Purely synchronically oriented case studies are supplemented by contributions that also shed light on the diachronic development of similative and equative constructions in language contact situations. Sources of similative morphemes and lexically expressed concepts of likeness are examined, and little-known multifunctionality patterns and grammaticalisation targets of similative morphemes - such as purpose clause markers, modality morphemes and markers of glottonyms - are discussed. Based on a sample of 119 languages worldwide, a new typology of equative constructions is proposed. The book should be of interest to typologists, semanticists, specialists of grammaticalization, historical linguistics and syntax".

Contents:

1 Introduction p. 1 / Yvonne Treis; Martine Vanhove

2 Part I. Typology and grammaticalisation

3 Chapter 1. Equative constructions in world-wide perspective p. 9 / Martin Haspelmath; The Leipzig Equative Constructions Team

4 Chapter 2. Toward a cognitive typology of like -expressions p. 33 / Wolfgang Schulze

5 Chapter 3. Similarity, suitability, and non-epistemic modalities (volitionality, ability, and obligation) p. 79 / Denis Creissels

6 Chapter 4. Similative morphemes as purpose clause markers in Ethiopia and beyond p. 91 / Yvonne Treis

7 Chapter 5. The deictic identification of similarity p. 143 / Ekkehard König

8 Part II. Case studies from around the world

9 Chapter 6. Comparison, similarity and simulation in Zaar, a Chadic language of Nigeria p. 167 / Bernard Caron

10 Chapter 7. Similative, equative, and comparative constructions in Beja (North-Cushitic) p. 189 / Martine Vanhove

11 Chapter 8. Expressing comparison in Gbaya, a Ubangian language of the Central African Republic p. 213 / Paulette Roulon-Doko

12 Chapter 9. Expressing similarity in Yulu and other Sara-Bongo-Bagirmi languages (Central Africa) p. 239 / Pascal Boyeldieu

13 Chapter 10. Similarity, equality and the like in North Saami p. 259 / Jussi Ylikoski

14 Chapter 11. Comparative, similative, and equative constructions in Mon p. 291 / Mathias Jenny

15 Chapter 12. Multifunctionality and polysemy of the similative marker = kán in Pesh p. 321 / Claudine Chamoreau

16 Part III. Similative constructions and language contact

17 Chapter 13. Similative morphemes and their grammaticalisations in Yemsa p. 341 / Silvia Zaugg-Coretti

18 Chapter 14. The morpheme - (ä)ŋä in Xamtanga p. 359 / Chloé Darmon

19 Chapter 15. Similarity and related functions in Libido p. 387 / Joachim Crass

20 Language index p. 419

21 Name Index p. 423

22 Subject index p. 429.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Similative and equative constructions

ISBN:

9789027206985

9027206988

OCLC:

985445963