| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series ; v. 95
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 95.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-247) and index. |
| Contents |
Motion, Transfer and Transformation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations and conventions.; 1. Introduction; 2. GRAMMATICAL FEATURES OF LOWLAND CHONTAL; 3. SIMPLE PREDICATES OF CHANGE; 4. COMPLEX PREDICATES OF ASSOCIATED MOTION AND ASSOCIATED CHANGE; 5. COMPLEX PREDICATES OF ASSOCIATED DIRECTION AND TOPOLOGICAL RELATION; 6. CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX: Compound stem verbs, by construction type; REFERENCES; INDEX; The series Studies in Language Companion Series. |
| Summary |
Typologies are critical tools for linguists, but typologies, like grammars, are known to leak. This book addresses the question of typological overlap from the perspective of a single language. In Lowland Chontal of Oaxaca, a language of southern Mexico, change events are expressed with three types of predicates, and each predicate type corresponds to a different language type in the well-known typology of lexicalization patterns established by Talmy and elaborated by others. O'Connor evaluates the predictive powers of the typology by examining the consequences of each predicate type in a vari. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chontal language -- Grammar.
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Chontal language -- Grammar. |
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Chontal language. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Connor, Loretta. Motion, transfer and transformation. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007 (DLC) 2007035596 |
| ISBN |
9789027291875 (electronic book) |
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902729187X (electronic book) |
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9789027231062 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027231060 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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