Demonstratives form, function, and grammaticalization
All languages have demonstratives, but their form, meaning and use vary tremendously across the languages of the world. This book presents the first large-scale analysis of demonstratives from a cross-linguistic and diachronic perspective. It is based on a representative sample of 85 languages. The...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Netherlands :
John Benjamins
1999.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Typological studies in language ; v. 42. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31518965*spi |
| Sumario: | All languages have demonstratives, but their form, meaning and use vary tremendously across the languages of the world. This book presents the first large-scale analysis of demonstratives from a cross-linguistic and diachronic perspective. It is based on a representative sample of 85 languages. The first part of the book analyzes demonstratives from a synchronic point of view, examining their morphological structures, semantic features, syntactic functions, and pragmatic uses in spoken and written discourse. The second part concentrates on diachronic issues, in particular on the development of. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas at the end of each section. |
| ISBN: | 9789027298577 9781556196560 9781556196577 9789027229434 9789027229427 9781282162839 |
