Screen LibrarySimilative and equative constructions : a cross-linguistic perspective /
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Typological Studies in Language (TSL),
volume 117 |
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| Carrier Form: | vi, 437 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789027206985 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 9027206988 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | P293 |
| CLC: | H04 |
| Call Number: | H04/S589 |
| Contents: |
Similative and Equative Constructions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; References; Chapter 1. Equative constructions in world-wide perspective: Equative constructions in world-wide perspective; 1. Introduction: Equative constructions; 2. European similatives and equatives based on manner words; 3. The primary types of equative constructions; 4. Comparing equative and comparative constructions; 5. Examples of the primary types; 6. Other ways of expressing identity of degree; 7. No general equative construction; 8. Cross-linguistic generalizations 9. ConclusionSpecial abbreviations; Appendix. The sample languages; References; Chapter 2. Toward a cognitive typology of like-expressions: Toward a cognitive typology of like-expressions; 1. Introduction ; 2. like-constructions; 3. The cognitive semantics of like-concepts; 4. like-concepts in Udi and Caucasian Albanian: A case study; 5. Conclusions; Abbrevations and symbols; References; Chapter 3. Similarity, suitability, and non-epistemic modalities (volitionality, ability, and obligation); 1. Introduction 2. Non-epistemic modalities expressed by verbs also used to express similarity: Three African examples3. From Proto-Germanic *līk 'body, form; like, same' to Tok Pisin laik 'want, like, desire'; 4. Bantu *ngà 'be like; as, if' and the modality marker *nga; 5. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Chapter 4. Similative morphemes as purpose clause markers in Ethiopia and beyond; 1. Introduction; 2. The multifunctionality of =g 'manner' in Kambaata; 3. Similative-purpose multifunctionality in Ethiopia; 4. Summary; References; Appendix 1. Abbreviations of g losses Appendix 2. Abbreviations of functions Appendix 3. Sources; Chapter 5. The deictic identification of similarity; 1. Introduction: Similarity in cognition and language structure; 2. Demonstratives: General framework of analysis; 3. Demonstratives of similarity: Manner, quality, degree; 4. Meaning, semantic change and the grammaticalisation of similative and equative constructions; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; References Chapter 6. Comparison, similarity and simulation in Zaar, a Chadic language of Nigeria: Comparison, similarity and simulation in Zaar, a Chadic language of Nigeria1. Introduction; 2. Zaar, a South-Bauchi Chadic language; 3. A brief overview of comparison in Zaar; 4. Comparative; 5. Equative/Similative structure; 6. Morphological status of the parameter marker ɗan; 7. Semantics of the equative/similative structure; 8. Grammaticalisation of the equative/similative structure; 9. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References |