Applicative Constructions in the World's Languages

Zuniga, Fernando; Creissels, Denis (eds.) (2024). Applicative Constructions in the World's Languages (In Press). Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics: Vol. 7. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton

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This book presents a state-of-the-art cross-linguistic survey of applicative constructions in the functional-typological tradition. An introductory section sets the terminological and analytical stage, presents the methodology used by the different chapters, and provides a typological outlook. The individual contributions address the morphological, syntactic and semantic variation of applicatives, as well as their discourse-pragmatic function. They cover all major language families and some isolates that feature some illuminating version of the phenomenon, paying special attention to language-internal variation and unity. The phenomena surveyed range from those instances usually considered canonical (valency-increasing, syntactically and semantically predictable, productive, dedicated, and optional) to those occasionally understudied in descriptive works and frequently neglected in comparative studies (valency-neutral, rather unpredictable, lexicalized, syncretic, and/or obligatory).

Item Type:	Book (Edited Volume)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of Linguistics > Applied Linguistics 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of Linguistics
UniBE Contributor:	Zúñiga, Fernando
Subjects:	400 Language > 410 Linguistics 400 Language > 490 Other languages
ISSN:	2364-4354
ISBN:	9783110735482
Series:	Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics
Publisher:	De Gruyter Mouton
Language:	English
Submitter:	Fernando Zúñiga
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2023 06:56
Last Modified:	20 Nov 2023 06:56
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/189163