Overview

Depictive secondary predicates, such as 'raw' in 'George ate the fish raw', are central to current issues in syntactic and semantic theory - in particular predication theory, phrase structure theories, issues of control and grammatical relations, and verbal aspect. This is the first book to approach depictive secondary predication from a cross-linguistic perspective. It describes all the relevant phenomena and brings together critical surveys and new contributions on their morphosyntactic and semantic properties. It considers similarities and differences between secondary predicates and other types of adjuncts, including adverbials of manner, comparison, quantity, and location.The authors are leading scholars with a first-hand knowledge of the languages they discuss. Their approach is theory-neutral and pragmatic: they draw on insights and research traditions ranging from the minimalist program to semantic maps methodology. The book will interest scholars working on the semantics or syntax of secondary predicates, adverbials, and the role of agreement and other morphological marking. It has been designed for use in advanced syntax and typology classes.

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Author:   Nikolaus P. Himmelmann (, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum) ,  Eva F. Schultze-Berndt (, School of Oriental and African Studies)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.677kg
ISBN:  

9780199204342

ISBN 10:   0199204349
Pages:   476
Publication Date:   28 September 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Nikolaus P. Himmelmann and Eva F. Schultze-Berndt: Issues in the Syntax and Semantics of Partipant-oriented Adjuncts: an introduction 2: Jane Simpson: Depictives in English and Warlpiri 3: Thomas Müller-Bardey: Adverbials and Depictives as Restrictors 4: Claudia Bucheli Berger: Depictive Agreement and the Development of a Depictive Marker in Swiss German Dialects 5: William B. McGregor: Quantifying Depictive Secondary Predicates in Australian Languages 6: Winfried Boeder: Depictives in Kartvelian 7: Silvia Kutscher and N. Sevim Genç: On Depictive Secondary Predicates in Laz 8: Pilar M. Valenzuela: Participant Agreement in Panoan 9: Azeb Amha and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal: Secondary Predicates and Adverbials in Nilotic and Omotic: a typological comparison 10: Tom Güldemann: Asyndetic Subordination and Deverbal Depictive Expressions in Shona 11: Felix K. Ameka: Forms of Secondary Predication in Serializing Languages: on depictives in Ewe 12: Nicholas J. Enfield: Depictive and Other Secondary Predication in Loa 13: Johan van der Auwera & Andrej Malchukov: A Semantic Map for Depictive Adjectivals References Index of Languages Index of Terms

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Nikolaus P. Himmelmann is Professor of Linguistics at the Ruhr-University, Bochum. His research interests include typology and grammaticalization theory, prosody, and grammar, as well as language documentation and description. He is the author of a study of the typology and grammaticalization of demonstratives and articles (Tübingen: Niemeyer) and co-editor of The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (London: Routledge). He has done fieldwork in the Philippines, Sulawesi, and East Timor and published widely on Austronesian grammar, including the nature of lexical and syntactic categories and voice. Eva Schultze-Berndt is Professor of Linguistics at the Karl Franzens University, Graz. Her research interests include typology, grammar of spoken language, lexical semantics, language contact, and language documentation and description. She has published on complex and secondary predication, verb semantics, word classes, and construction-based approaches to grammar, from a typological perspective and with a focus on the Northern Australian language Jaminjung based on her own fieldwork.

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