The Linguistics of Giving.
In this collection of papers twelve linguists explore a range of interesting properties of 'give' verbs. The volume offers an in-depth look at many morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties of 'give' verbs, including both literal and figurative senses, across languages. T...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1998
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| Series: | Typological studies in language ;
v. 36. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In this collection of papers twelve linguists explore a range of interesting properties of 'give' verbs. The volume offers an in-depth look at many morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties of 'give' verbs, including both literal and figurative senses, across languages. Topics include: an apparent zero-morpheme realisation of 'give' in a Papuan language; noun plus causative-like suffix expressing the 'give' concept in Nahuatl; 'give' and other ditransitive constructions in Zulu; the complex verbal morphologies associated with 'give' verbs in Chipewyan, Cora, and Sochiapan Chinantec; th. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027275585 9027275580 1283315777 9781283315777 9786613315779 661331577X |
| ISSN: | 0167-7373 ; |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
