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"The papers in this volume explore aspects of ""GIVE"" and ""GIVE-type"" verbs across languages. They document a range of constructional possibilities with ""GIVE"" verbs, as well as addressing issues relating to the morphology, syntax and semantics of ""GIVE"" constructions. Topics covered include: the object status of the ""THING"" and ""RECIPIENT"" in double object and applicative constructions; the syntactic and semantic features needed to construct a ""GIVE"" clause in Sochiapan Chinantec, including an animacy hierarchy, active versus passive, antipassive, and direct versus inverse voice; the extent of causative use of a two-place predicate ""GIVE"" in Dutch; and a case study of the acquisition of forms relating to possession by a two-year-old English speaker."

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Author:   John Newman (Massey University, New Zealand)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   36
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9789027229342

ISBN 10:   9027229341
Pages:   373
Publication Date:   15 February 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. GIVE in Amele (by Roberts, John R.); 3. Giving in Nawatl (by Tuggy, David); 4. Double object constructions in Zulu (by Taylor, John R.); 5. Giving and taking in Chipewyan: The semantics of THING-marking classificatory verbs (by Rice, Sally); 6. Lots of ways to GIVE in Cora (by Casad, Eugene H.); 7. GIVE: Acts of giving in American Sign Language (by Wilcox, Phyllis Perrin); 8. Sochiapan Chinantec GIVE: A window into clause structure (by Foris, David); 9. GIVE, HATE, and TAKE in Slavic (by Janda, Laura A.); 10. Giving in Dutch: An intra-lexematical and inter-lexematical description (by Janssen, Theo); 11. The origin of the German es gibt construction (by Newman, John); 12. On the development of MANNER from GIVE (by Song, Jae Jung); 13. One child's early talk about possession (by Tomasello, Michael); 14. Index of Names; 15. Index of Subjects

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