The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations write by Thomas Stolz. This book was released on 2014-07-28. The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On the basis of a world-wide convenience sample of 116 languages, the distribution of zero-marking of spatial relations over the languages of the world is shown to largely escape any genetically, areally and/or typologically based constraints. The main goal of this book is to firmly establish the cross-linguistic occurrence of the zero-marking of spatial relations and to provide a framework for its study in terms of economy and predictability.
The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations
The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations write by Thomas Stolz. This book was released on 2014-07-28. The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On the basis of a world-wide convenience sample of 116 languages, the distribution of zero-marking of spatial relations over the languages of the world is shown to largely escape any genetically, areally and/or typologically based constraints. The main goal of this book is to firmly establish the cross-linguistic occurrence of the zero-marking of spatial relations and to provide a framework for its study in terms of economy and predictability.
Here – Hither – Hence and Related Categories
Here – Hither – Hence and Related Categories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Here – Hither – Hence and Related Categories write by Julia Nintemann. This book was released on 2020-07-20. Here – Hither – Hence and Related Categories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As a follow-up study to the global comparison of spatial interrogatives (Studia Typologica 20), the present book examines the spatial declarative counterparts which are provided by the expression class of spatial deictic adverbs. In a functionally motivated typological approach, equivalents of Early Modern English here – hither – hence and there – thither – thence are identified across a sample of 250 languages from all macro-areas. These are also quantitatively assessed to extrapolate areal and global trends of coding patterns. The formal relationships between spatial interrogative and spatial declarative paradigms are analyzed with a focus on the syncretism of categories and of individual cells. Qualitative discussions of patterns precede in-depth treatments of problematic cases and other relevant issues related to the research topic. The quantitative results strongly point to areal linguistic trends concerning the distribution of distinct and non-distinct coding of the three spatial relations Place, Goal, and Source. Additional aspects such as quantitative evaluations of constructional complexity are addressed subsequently.
Space in Diachrony
Space in Diachrony - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Space in Diachrony write by Silvia Luraghi. This book was released on 2017-08-14. Space in Diachrony available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Space is a fundamental dimension of human life and is pervasive in human experience. Research on space has highlighted the possible asymmetrical nature of spatial relations. Differences in the encoding of goals and sources of motion are a case in point, and cross-linguistic coding tendencies show that path is less frequently flagged by a dedicated case than goal, source/origin, and (static) location (locative). Interestingly, such asymmetries may correlate with certain types of landmark, as in the case of toponyms or of animate entities. Even though these issues have been focused upon both in typological and psycholinguistic research, they remain largely open. The papers in this collection aim to show that a diachronic approach may shed light on the way in which asymmetries in the space domain come about over time, thus contributing to the clarification of synchronically puzzling facts.
Special Onymic Grammar in Typological Perspective
Special Onymic Grammar in Typological Perspective - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Special Onymic Grammar in Typological Perspective write by Thomas Stolz. This book was released on 2023-12-04. Special Onymic Grammar in Typological Perspective available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For the first time, proper names are made the topic of a cross-linguistic account of morphosyntactic properties which formally distinguish place names, personal names, and common nouns. It is shown that the behaviour of place names and personal names in morphology and syntax frequently disagrees with the rules established for other word classes independent of the language’s genetic affiliation, grammatical structure, and geographic location. Place names and personal names each boast a grammar of their own. They are candidates for the status of a distinct word class. Their special grammar comes frequently to the fore in the domain of spatial and possessive relations. This fact is explained with reference to functional notions.
