Here - Hither - Hence and related categories : a cross-linguistic study / Julia Nintemann, Maja Robbers, Nicole Hober.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nintemann, Julia, author.

Robbers, Maja, author.

Hober, Nicole, author.

Series:

Studia typologica ; Volume 26.

Studia typologica ; Volume 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXVIII, 540 p.) : 7 Appendices = S. 425-527 (102 Seiten Tabellen)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

As a follow-up study to the global comparison of spatial interrogatives (Studia Typologica 20), the present book examines the spatial declarative counterparts which are provided by the expression class of spatial deictic adverbs. In a functionally motivated typological approach, equivalents of Early Modern English here – hither – hence and there – thither – thence are identified across a sample of 250 languages from all macro-areas. These are also quantitatively assessed to extrapolate areal and global trends of coding patterns. The formal relationships between spatial interrogative and spatial declarative paradigms are analyzed with a focus on the syncretism of categories and of individual cells. Qualitative discussions of patterns precede in-depth treatments of problematic cases and other relevant issues related to the research topic.The quantitative results strongly point to areal linguistic trends concerning the distribution of distinct and non-distinct coding of the three spatial relations Place, Goal, and Source. Additional aspects such as quantitative evaluations of constructional complexity are addressed subsequently.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface and Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Maps

List of Schemes

List of Tables

1 Introduction

2 Formal relations of SI and SDD paradigms

3 The qualitative side of syncretism

4 The quantitative side of syncretism

5 Complexity

6 Further qualitative aspects of SIs and SDDs

7 Conclusions

References

Appendix I: Africa

Appendix II: The Americas

Appendix III: Asia

Appendix IV: Europe

Appendix V: Oceania

Appendix VI: Overview of the distribution of patterns over the five macro areas

Appendix VII: Calculation on how often languages employ the same pattern in the SDDs as in the SIs

Index of Authors

Index of Languages

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-11-067264-2

OCLC:

1191863586