Nonverbal Predication in Amazonian Languages (Typological Studies in Language) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027200521 ISBN 13: 9789027200525

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027200521
• ISBN 13: 9789027200525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 413
• Editor: Overall Simon E., Vallejos Rosa, Gildea Spike