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The chapters in this volume were written in response to a call for papers in August 1999, inviting linguists to explore properties of verbs which are used to describe some key at-rest positions: sitting, standing and lying.

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Author:   John Newman (Massey University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   51
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9789027229571

ISBN 10:   9027229570
Pages:   409
Publication Date:   24 September 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. 1. A cross-linguistic overview of the posture verbs 'sit', 'stand', and 'lie' (by Newman, John); 3. 2. Semantics and combinatorics of 'sit', 'stand', and 'lie' in Lao (by Enfield, N.J.); 4. 3. Action and state interpretations of 'sit' in Japanese and English (by Newman, John); 5. 4. Posture and existence predicates in Dene Suline (Chipewyan): Lexical and semantic density as a function of the 'stand'/'sit'/'lie' continuum (by Rice, Sally); 6. 5. Posture verbs in two Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal (by Noonan, Michael); 7. 6. The semantic network of Dutch posture verbs (by Lemmens, Maarten); 8. 7. The syntax and semantics of posture forms in Trumai (by Guirardello-Damian, Raquel); 9. 8. Men stand, women sit: On the grammaticalization of posture verbs in Papuan languages, its bodily basis and cultural correlates (by Rumsey, Alan L.); 10. 9. Posture, location, existence, and states of being in two Central Australian languages (by Goddard, Cliff); 11. 10. Sit right down the back: Serialized posture verbs in Ngan'gityemerri and other Northern Australian languages (by Reid, Nicholas); 12. 11. Posture verbs in Oceanic (by Lichtenberk, Frantisek); 13. 12. The grammatical evolution of posture verbs in Kxoe (by Kilian-Hatz, Christa); 14. 13. Posture verbs in Mbay (by Keegan, John M.); 15. 14. The posture verbs in Korean: Basic and extended uses (by Song, Jae Jung); 16. 15. Embodied standing and the psychological semantics of stand (by Gibbs, Jr., Raymond W.); 17. Author index; 18. Language index

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