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Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages / edited by Simon Overall, University of Otago & James Cook University ; Rosa Vallejos, University of New Mexico ; Spike Gildea, University of Oregon.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Amazônicas (Conference) (5th : 2014 : Belém, Brazil)
- Series:
- Typological studies in language ; v. 122.
- Typological studies in language (TSL), 0167-7373 ; volume 122
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amazon River Region--Languages--Topic and comment--Congresses.
- Amazon River Region.
- Language and languages.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 407 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
- Summary:
- This volume explores typological variation within nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages. Using abundant data, generally from original and extensive fieldwork on under-described languages, it presents a far more detailed picture of nonverbal predication constructions than previously published grammatical descriptions. On the one hand, it addresses the fact that current typologies of nonverbal predication are less developed than those of verbal predication; on the other, it provides a wealth of new data and analyses of Amazonian languages, which are still poorly represented in existing typologies. Several contributions offer historical insights, either reconstructing the sources of innovative nonverbal predicate constructions, or describing diachronic pathways by which constructions used for nonverbal predication spread to other functions in the grammar. The introduction provides a modern typological overview, and also proposes a new diachronic typology to explain how distinct types of nonverbal predication arise.
- Notes:
- Consists of 13 articles selected from 32 presentations at a special session on nonverbal predication at the international conference, Amazônicas V, that took place in Belém, Brazil, in May 2014.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Amazônicas (Conference) (5th : 2014 : Belém, Brazil). Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages.
- ISBN:
- 9789027200525
- 9027200521
- OCLC:
- 1020027552
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