
Intransitive Predication
Stassen, Leon
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This book investigates cross-linguistic variation in one of the core domains of all natural languages. Leon Stassen views this domain as a 'cognitive space', the topography of which is the same for all languages. It is assumed to consist of four subdomains, which correspond to a four-way distinction between the semantic classes of event predicates, property predicates, class predicates, and locational predicates. The book offers a typology of the structural manifestations of this domain, in terms of the nature and number of the formal strategies used in its encoding. The author disusses a number of abstract principles which can be employed in explaining the cross-linguistic variation emodied by the typology. In the final chapter he brings together the research results in a universally applicable model, which can be read as a 'flow-chart' for the encoding of intransitive predications in different language types.
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Utgivelsesdato:
04.12.2003
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ISBN/Varenr:
9780199258932
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Språk:
Engelsk
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Forlag:
Oxford University Press
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Innbinding:
Heftet
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Fagtema:
Språk og lingvistikk
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Serie:
Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
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Litteraturtype:
Faglitteratur
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Sider:
788
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Høyde:
23.5 cm
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Bredde:
15.8 cm