Overview

This volume, translated from the originally published edition in Russian in 1983, combines data from a wide range of languages, analyzed with a theoretical apparatus capable of isolating the most important syntactic and semantic parameters and of drawing those generalizations that are most significant from a cross-linguistic perspective. Many ideas which are at best only hinted at in earlier literature - such as the precise relation among resultative, perfect, and stative, or correlations between resultative and passive voice - are here for the first time stated and given a firm foundation by means of detailed exemplification from a wide range of languages.

Full Product Details

Author:   Vladimir P. Nedjalkov ,  Bernard Comrie
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   12
Weight:   0.780kg
ISBN:  

9789027228840

ISBN 10:   9027228841
Pages:   573
Publication Date:   01 January 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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 Contents

Reviews

I believe firmly that the present volume, like its predecessors, is essential reading for every linguist interested in universals and typology, if not indeed for every linguist irrespective of subspecialization, and this English edition at last makes this work available to a truly international linguistic readership. -- Bernard Comrie, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions