Noun-modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: Rethinking Theoretical and Geographical Boundaries

Matsumoto, Yoshiko (Editor)/ Comrie, Bernard (Editor)/ Sells, Peter (Editor)

ISBN 10: 902720697X / ISBN 13: 9789027206978

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 2017

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377 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Noun-modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: Rethinking Theoretical and Geographical Boundaries
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 902720697X
• ISBN 13: 9789027206978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.83 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume presents a cross-linguistic investigation of clausal noun-modifying constructions in genetically varied languages of Eurasia. Contrary to a common premise that, in any language, adnominal clauses that share some features of relative clauses constitute a structurally distinct construction, some languages of Eurasia exhibit a General Noun-Modifying Clause Construction (GNMCC) -- a single construction covering a wide range of semantic relations between the head noun and the clause. Through in-depth examination of naturally-occurring and elicited data from Ainu, languages of the Caucasus (e.g. Ingush, Georgian, Bezhta, Hinuq), Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Nenets, Sino-Tibetan languages (e.g. Cantonese, Mandarin, Rawang), and Turkic languages (e.g. Turkish, Sakha), the chapters discuss whether or not the language in question exhibits a GNMCC and the range of noun modification covered by such a construction. The findings afford us new facts, new theoretical perspectives and the first step toward a more global assessment of the possibilities for GNMCCs.