Language at Large
Essays on Syntax and Semantics
- Subjects: Language & Linguistics
- Keywords: Amazonianlanguages; Semantics; Lexicography; GrammarofEnglish; LanguagesofthePacific; AustralianAboriginallanguages; Speechreport; Causatives; Cases; Linguistictypology
- Publication Year : 2011
- DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004206076.i-606
- E - ISBN : 9789004207684
- Imprint: Brill
- Collections: Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2011
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The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon. It focusses on topics in linguistic typology, the analysis of previously undescribed languages and issues in the grammar and lexicography of English.
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Preliminary Material
- pp. i–xxiv
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Versatile Cases
- pp. 1–43 (43)
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A Typology Of Argument-Determined Constructions
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Causatives Which Do Not Cause: Non-Valency-Increasing Effects Of A Valency-Increasing Derivation
- pp. 86–142 (57)
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Non-Ergative Associations Between S And O
- pp. 143–169 (27)
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Dependencies Between Grammatical Systems
- pp. 170–204 (35)
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The Semantic Basis For A Typology
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Word-Class-Changing Derivations In Typological Perspective
- pp. 221–289 (69)
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Speech Reports: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
- pp. 290–326 (37)
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Semi-Direct Speech In Typological Perspective
- pp. 327–366 (40)
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Naive Linguistic Explanation
- pp. 367–376 (10)
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Multiple Marking Of Syntactic Function And Polysynthetic Nouns In Tariana
- pp. 377–393 (17)
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Palikur And The Typology Of Classifiers
- pp. 394–450 (57)
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Zero And Nothing In Jarawara
- pp. 451–462 (12)
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Pronouns With Transferred Reference
- pp. 463–471 (9)
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Comparative Constructions In English
- pp. 472–493 (22)
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Features Of The Noun Phrase In English
- pp. 494–518 (25)
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Twice And Constituency
- pp. 519–528 (10)
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Australian Aboriginal Word In Dictionaries—A History
- pp. 529–554 (26)
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Bibliography
- pp. 555–588 (34)
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Author Index
- pp. 589–595 (7)
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Language Index
- pp. 596–601 (6)
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Subject Index
- pp. 602–606 (5)
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