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Reciprocals : forms and functions / edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Traci S. Curl

Published
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : J. Benjamins, [2000]
Copyright Date
©2000
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 201 pages).
Additional Creators
Frajzyngier, Zygmunt and Curl, Traci S.
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Polysemy involving reflexive and reciprocal markers in African languages / Bernd Heine -- Reciprocals without reflexives / Frantisek Lichtenberk -- Types of anaphoric expressions / Martin Everaert -- Reflexive and reciprocal constructions in Nyulnyulan languages / William McGregor -- Reciprocal marking with deictic verbs "come " and "go" in Mandarin / Meichun Liu -- Combinatory restrictions on Halkomelem reflexives and reciprocals / Donna B. Maslova -- Coding of the reciprocal function, two solutions / Zygmunt Frajzyngier.
Summary
The theoretical issues addressed in the present volume are semantic and cognitive properties of reciprocal events, syntactic properties of reciprocals, and the relationship of reciprocals to other grammatical categories. Several papers discuss the history of reciprocal constructions, offering alternative hypotheses regarding the grammaticalization of reciprocals. The formal, functional, typological and historical approaches in the present volume complement each other, contributing together to the understanding of forms, and syntactic and semantic properties of reciprocal markers. Several paper.
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9789027298584 (electronic bk.)
9027298580 (electronic bk.)
1282162845
9781282162846
9786612162848
6612162848
1556196547 (alk. paper)
9781556196546 (alk. paper)
9027229406 (Eur.)
9789027229403 (Eur.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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