Applicative Morphology: Neglected Syntactic and Non-syntactic Functions - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] - - Books - De Gruyter - 9783111631783 - November 4, 2024
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Applicative Morphology: Neglected Syntactic and Non-syntactic Functions - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

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This book is about recurrent functions of applicative morphology not included in typologically-oriented definitions. Based on substantial cross-linguistic evidence, it challenges received wisdom on applicatives in several ways. First, in many of the surveyed languages, applicatives are the sole means to introduce a non-Actor semantic role into a clause.

When there is an alternative way of expression, the applicative counterpart often has no valence-increasing effect on the targeted root. Second, applicative morphology can introduce constituents which are not syntactic objects and/or co-occur with obliques. Third, functions such as conveying aspectual nuances to the predicate (intensity, repetition, habituality) or its arguments (partitive P, highly individuated P), narrow-focusing constituents, and functioning as category-changing devices are attested in geographically distant and genetically unrelated languages.

Further, this volume reveals that spatial-related morphology is prone to developing applicative functions in disparate languages and phyla. Finally, several contributions discuss the diachrony of applicative constructions and their (non-syntactic) attested functions, including a case of applicatives-in-the-making.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 4, 2024
ISBN13 9783111631783
Publishers De Gruyter
Pages 483
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 10 mm   ·   864 g
Language German  
Editor Pacchiarotti, Sara
Editor Zuniga, Fernando

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