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Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation : In honor of Scott DeLancey.
Title:
Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation : In honor of Scott DeLancey.
Author:
Thornes, Tim.
ISBN:
9789027271976
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1 online resource (312 pages)
Series:
Typological Studies in Language ; v.103

Typological Studies in Language
Contents:
Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Scott DeLancey -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- DeLancey's Publications (Chronological) -- Non-aprioristic typology as a discovery tool -- 1. What needs to be explained -- 2. Aprioristic typology -- 3. Where do 'conceptual' or 'cognitive' categories come from? -- 3.1 The problem -- 3.2 Illustration of the problems involved in the notion 'possession' -- 3.3 Illustration of the problems involved with the notion 'definite' -- 4. Non-aprioristic typology -- 5. Aprioristic versus non-aprioristic typology of locative expressions -- 5.1 Aprioristic approach -- 5.2 Non-aprioristic approach to locative predication -- 6. Implications and conclusions -- References -- Chorophorics, or the difference between place as an entity and place as a position in space -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On various ways of referring to a place in languages -- 3. On two distinct linguistic treatments of the notion of place -- 3.1 The distinction between entity and place as expressed by grammatical means: Locative markers as a specific morphological category -- 3.2 The distinction between entity and place as expressed by lexical means -- 4. The polysemic nature of the notion of place. Lococentric languages and the notion of chorophorics -- 5. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- On the diachrony of the 'Ethical Dative' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Early Biblical Hebrew -- 2.1 The ED construction -- 2.2 Diachronic sources of the ED construction -- 3. Late Biblical Hebrew -- 3.1 The ED construction -- 3.2 Precursor constructions -- 4. The conundrum -- 5. Israeli Hebrew -- 6. Interim summary -- 7. The ED construction in El Poema de Mio Cid -- 8. The ED construction in Tamil -- 9. Discussion -- References.

Biactantial agreement in the Gongduk transitive verb in the broader Tibeto-Burman context -- 1. The discovery of the language -- 2. Phonological and lexical observations -- 3. Transitive agreement morphology -- 4. Tibeto-Burman historical grammar -- References -- The dinguist's dilemma -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Indo-European -- 3. The search for physiological explanations -- 4. Evolution of liquids within Chinese -- 5. TB/ST etymologies indicating lateral dental stop -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix: Symbols and Abbreviations -- Person-sensitive TAME marking in Galo -- 1. Background -- 2. Previous studies of person-sensitive TAME marking in Tibeto-Burman -- 3. Person-sensitive TAME marking in Galo -- 3.1 Preliminary -- 3.2 Grammatical domains -- 3.2.1 Direct perfective with -bá -- 3.2.2 Inflected clausal nominalizations -- 3.2.3 Intention and prediction with -lapə̀ -- 3.2.4 Experiential perfect -- 3.3 Interaction with information source identification -- 3.4 Functional motivation -- 4. Conclusion: Diachronic and areal implications -- Abbreviations -- References -- Agent case marking in Sahaptian -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The language and speakers -- 2. Participant coding in Ichishkíin -- 2.1 Intransitive clauses -- 2.2 Transitive clauses -- 3. Participant coding in Nez Perce -- 4. Agent case marking: towards Proto-Sahaptian forms -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The Kurtöp -si construction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Definition of 'converb' -- 3. Kurtöp clause-chaining -- 4. Lexical final verbs -- 4.1 Syntax -- 4.2 Functions -- 5. Copular final verb -- 6. Auxiliary final verbs -- 6.1 Form -- 6.2 Function -- 6.3 Direct quotative -- 7. Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- References -- Verb serialization in Ede from a diachronic perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Ede and its origins.

2.2 Basic clausal constructions in Ede -- 2.2.1 Word order -- 2.2.2 Negation and Tense/Aspect -- 3. Ede clause-chaining -- 4. Properties of serial verb constructions in Ede -- 5. Verb serialization in Ede and grammaticalization -- 5.1 Phase 1: The early stage of grammaticalization -- 5.2 Phase 2: Auxiliarization -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Tense-aspect morphology from nominalizers in Newar -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background on Newar -- 3. The Newar verb -- 3.1 The Kathmandu Newar verb -- 3.1.1 Finite inflectional morphology -- 3.1.2 Stem classes -- 3.2 The Classical Newar verb -- 3.3 The Eastern Newar verb -- 3.3.1 Tense -- 3.3.2 Agreement -- 3.3.3 Stem classes -- 4. Comparison of inflectional patterns -- 4.1 Classical and modern Kathmandu Newar forms -- 4.1.1 Form A1 -- 4.1.2 Form A5 -- 4.1.3 Form A6 -- 4.1.4 Forms A3 and A4 -- 4.2 Dolakha Newar tense markers -- 4.2.1 Future tense -- 4.2.2 Past anterior tense -- 4.2.3 Present tense -- 5. From nominalizer to tense marker -- Abbreviations -- References -- Predicting reference form -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The framework -- 3. The data -- 4. Distribution of lexical and non-lexical NPs -- 5. Correspondence between morphology and information status and animacy -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- References -- Acknowledgements -- 5. Summary and conclusions -- 3. Morphological causation #1: Instrumental prefix construction -- 2. The Northern Paiute language: Its profile and properties -- 1. Introduction -- 4. Morphological causation #2: Applicative construction -- The challenge of Maa 'Away'* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A plethora of forms -- 3. The data -- 4. Movement Away -- 4.1 Motion (away) -- 4.2 Direction away (without translational movement) -- 5. Distributive action, to multiplicity of action, to multiplicity of situation − to straightforward plural? -- 5.1 Plural intransitive subject.

5.2 Plural transitive subject -- 5.3 Plural object -- 5.4 Multiplicity of action and situation -- 5.5 A plural marker? -- 6. 'Continuous' aspect -- 7. Applicative-like effect with agent-source verbs -- 8. Detransitivization -- 9. Lexicalized combinations -- 10. Conclusions -- References -- Language index -- Subject index.
Abstract:
All branches of Eastern Nilotic have directionals. The Maa (Maasai) away morpheme has a range of functions, including motion away, direction away, distributive action or situation, continuous aspect, a possible plurality function, an applicative-like function, and with some verbs a valence decreasing function. With some other verbs, away is simply lexicalized as part of the stem. The story of away is coherent once the core semantic function is understood, which Tucker and Mpaayei (1955) called 'Motion Away'. However, processes of both lexicalization and grammaticalization have taken place, and the synchronic meaning of this morpheme cannot always and only be understood as indicating (even metaphorical) 'motion away'.
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