Non-verbal Predication in the World s Languages: A Typological Survey Volume 1: Eurasia, North America, South America (Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics [CHL], 9/1)
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Non-verbal Predication in the World s Languages: A Typological Survey Volume 1: Eurasia, North America, South America (Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics [CHL], 9/1) In deutscher Sprache. pages. Seller Inventory # BN124989
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The notion of predication is usually associated with the lexical class of verbs. However, the predicate function may also be expressed by Noun / Adjective / Adverb / Quantifier Phrases:
a. John is a doctor. b. The man is old. c. The boys are in the garden. d. Sam's friends are many.
Natural languages do, with respect to non-verbal predication, what they are expected to do in any compartment of grammar: they sharply diverge in their behavior.
This book offers a wide typological overview of how languages deal with non-verbal predication (henceforth: NVP). After the pioneering works by Hengeveld (1992) and Stassen (1997), no other work has attempted to provide a comprehensive overview of this pervasive syntactic phenomenon. Hence, the need for this book.
The introductory chapter highlights the main features to be considered:
- the lexical and morphosyntactic nature of the predicate.
- the morphological expression of NVP.
- the semantic types of NVP.
The bulk of the book consists of a collection of papers, written by well-known specialists, targeting different languages or language families, thus offering a rich array of typological data.
This book will be of interest to typologists, syntacticians of any theoretical creed, and students of linguistics at large.
About the Author: Pier Marco Bertinetto, Pisa, Italy; Luca Ciucci, Passau, Germany; Denis Creissels, Lyon, France.
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Title: Non-verbal Predication in the World s ...
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: gut
Edition: 2025.