Reciprocals Forms and Functions. Volume 2

Name: Reciprocals Forms and Functions. Volume 2
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ISBN: 9781556196546

ISBN-10: 1556196547

ISBN-13: 9781556196546

Edition: 2000

Authors: Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Traci Walker

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The theoretical issues addressed in the present volume are semantic and cognitive properties of reciprocal events, syntactic properties of reciprocals, and the relationship of reciprocals to other grammatical categories. Several papers discuss the history of reciprocal constructions, offering alternative hypotheses regarding the grammaticalization of reciprocals. The formal, functional, typological and historical approaches in the present volume complement each other, contributing together to the understanding of forms, and syntactic and semantic properties of reciprocal markers. Several papers in the present volume make a double contribution to the problems of reciprocal constructions:…

Book details

List price: $165.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication date: 3/15/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 215
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.65" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction


Polysemy involving reflexive and reciprocal markers in African languages



Reciprocals without reflexives



Types of anaphoric Expressions: Reflexives and reciprocals



Reflexive and reciprocal constructions in Nyulnyulan languages



Reciprocal marking with deictic verbs "come" and "go" in Mandarin



Combinatory restrictions on Halkomelem reflexives and reciprocals



Reciprocals and set construal



Coding of the reciprocal function: Two solutions



Subject index


Author index


Language index