Applicative constructions: An introductory overview

Zúñiga, Fernando; Creissels, Denis (2024). Applicative constructions: An introductory overview. In: Zúñiga, Fernando; Creissels, Denis (eds.) Applicative constructions in the world's languages. Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics: Vol. 7 (pp. 1-56). Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton 10.1515/9783110730951-001

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This chapter presents and contextualizes the definition of applicative constructions used in the present book. (Although our definition is conservative in several respects, it is broader than some alternative definitions and narrower than others; in particular, we argue that a number of similar constructions are best regarded as lookalikes rather than as types of applicatives.) The chapter also surveys the main morphological, syntactic, and semantic parameters of variation of applicatives identified in the previous literature, and outlines the structural characteristics of the applicatives of Classical Nahuatl, the language for which the term was first used. Lastly, we provide a roadmap for the book and comment on its coverage and coherence.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

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 Dec 2023 17:20

Last Modified:

17 Jan 2024 00:15

Publisher DOI:

10.1515/9783110730951-001

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/189355

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