| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 359 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series ; v. 50
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 50.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
TENSE-ASPECT, TRANSITIVITY AND CAUSATIVITY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Vladimir Nedjalkov: List of main publications; Aspect and transitivity of iterative constructions in Warrungu; Split causativity: Remarks on correlations between transitivity, aspect, and tense; Conceptualization and aspect in some Asian languages; Evidentiality, transitivity and split ergativity: Evidence from Svan; On the semantics of some Russian causative constructions: Aspect, control, and types of causation; Some notes on the Georgian resultative. |
| Summary |
This collection presents typological work on tense, aspect, and epistemic modality in a variety of languages and against the background of different schools of thinking, among which the St. Petersburg Typological School developed and so masterfully implemented by the Petersburg linguist, Vladimir Petrovich Nedjalkov. The volume honors this reputed scholar for his life work. It is in mainly this spirit (and the EUROTYPE spirit) that the following scholars have contributed to the volume: T. Tsunoda on Warrungu (Australian indigeneous language), L. Kulikov on Vedic, K. Kiryu on Japanese, Korean an. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb. |
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Typology (Linguistics) |
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Causative (Linguistics)
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Causative (Linguistics) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
Abraham, Werner.
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Kulikov, L. I.
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Nedi͡alkov, V. P. (Vladimir Petrovich)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tense-aspect, transitivity and causativity. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©1999 (DLC) 99040613 |
| ISBN |
9789027298720 (electronic book) |
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9027298726 (electronic book) |
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9781556199363 (alkaline paper) |
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1556199368 (alkaline paper) |
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9027230536 (Eur.) |
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1556199368 (alkaline paper) |
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