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OverviewReciprocals are an increasingly hot topic in linguistic research. This reflects the intersection of several factors: the semantic and syntactic complexity of reciprocal constructions, their centrality to some key points of linguistic theorizing (such as Binding Conditions on anaphors within Government and Binding Theory), and the centrality of reciprocity to theories of social structure, human evolution and social cognition. No existing work, however, tackles the question of exactly what reciprocal constructions mean cross-linguistically. Is there a single, Platonic ‘reciprocal’ meaning found in all languages, or is there a cluster of related concepts which are nonetheless impossible to characterize in any single way? That is the central goal of this volume, and it develops and explains new techniques for tackling this question. At the same time, it confronts a more general problem facing semantic typology: how to investigate a category cross-linguistically without pre-loading the definition of the phenomenon on the basis of what is found in more familiar languages. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicholas Evans (Australian National University) , Alice Gaby (University of California at Berkeley) , Stephen C. Levinson (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) , Asifa Majid (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen)Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co Volume: 98 Weight: 0.805kg ISBN: 9789027206794ISBN 10: 9027206791 Pages: 349 Publication Date: 18 August 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Acknowledgments; 2. 1. Introduction: Reciprocals and semantic typology (by Evans, Nicholas); 3. 2. The semantics of reciprocal constructions across languages: An extensional approach (by Majid, Asifa); 4. 3. Semantics of Khoekhoe reciprocal constructions (by Rapold, Christian J.); 5. 4. Reciprocal constructions in English: Each other and beyond (by Hurst, Peter); 6. 5. Reciprocal constructions in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (by Zeshan, Ulrike); 7. 6. Mundari reciprocals (by Evans, Nicholas); 8. 7. Description of reciprocal situations in Lao (by Enfield, N.J.); 9. 8. Reciprocal constructions in Mah Meri (by Kruspe, Nicole); 10. 9. The coding of reciprocal events in Jahai (by Burenhult, Niclas); 11. 10. Reciprocals in Yeli Dnye, the Papuan language of Rossel Island (by Levinson, Stephen C.); 12. 11. Reciprocals in Rotokas (by Robinson, Stuart); 13. 12. Expression of reciprocity in Savosavo (by Wegener, Claudia); 14. 13. To have and have not: Kilivila reciprocals (by Senft, Gunter); 15. 14. Strategies for encoding reciprocity in Mawng (by Singer, Ruth); 16. 15. Reciprocal-marked and marked reciprocal events in Kuuk Thaayorre (by Gaby, Alice); 17. 16. Reciprocal constructions in Olutec (by Maldonado, Roberto Zavala); 18. 17. Reciprocal constructions in Tsafiki (by Dickinson, Connie); 19. 18. Reciprocal constructions in Hup (by Epps, Patience); 20. 19. Reciprocals and semantic typology: Some concluding remarks (by Konig, Ekkehard); 21. Addresses; 22. IndexReviewsThis book is very important in showing that linguists should look at work in other disciplines on reciprocity to further understand the meaning of 'mutual involvement'. -- Lucia Quintana Hernández, University Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, on Linguist List 23. 2835, 2012 This book is very important in showing that linguists should look at work in other disciplines on reciprocity to further understand the meaning of 'mutual involvement'. -- Lucia Quintana Hernandez, University Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, on Linguist List 23. 2835, 2012 Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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