Applicative Constructions

Name: Applicative Constructions
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ISBN: 9780199270927

ISBN-10: 0199270929

ISBN-13: 9780199270927

Edition: 2006

Authors: David A. Peterson

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This book presents the first systematic typological analysis of applicatives across African, American Indian, and East Asian languages. It is also the first to address their functions in discourse, the derivation of their semantic and syntactic properties, and how and why they have changed over time. Applicative constructions are typically described as transitivizing because they allow an intransitive base verb to have a direct object. The term originates from the seventeenth-century missionary grammars of Uto-Aztecan languages. Constructions designated as prepositional, benefactive, and instrumental may refer to the same or similar phenomena. Applicative constructions have been deployed in…

Book details

List price: $230.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 308
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.45" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




Introduction



Two Case Studies of Applicative Morphosyntax



Morphosyntactic and Semantic Variation in Applicative Constructions



The Discourse Function of Applicative Constructions



The Evolution of Applicative Constructions



Structural Correlates of Applicative Constructions



Conclusion


Appendix


References


Index