Leon Stassen

Intransitive Predication

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Produktbeschreibung

Stassen makes a major contribution to the study of language typology with Intransitive Predication. Basing his analysis on a sample of 410 languages, he presents a universally applicable model for defining the domain of intransitive predication in natural languages. Intransitive predicates are defined in terms of four domains: events (Sarah is walking), classes (Sarah is a secretary), properties (Sarah is tall), and locations (Sarah is in the garden).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 788
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1173g
• ISBN-13: 9780199258932
• ISBN-10: 0199258937
• Artikelnr.: 21760229

Autorenporträt

Leon Stassen is a senior lecturer in the Department of General Linguistics at the University of Nijmegen , The Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Typology
1: Introduction
2: The Verbal and the Locational Strategy
3: The Nominal Strategy
4: The Typology of Intransitive Predication
Part 2: Switching
5: Adjective-Switching
6: Nominal and Locational Switching
7: Verb-Switching
8: Multiple Switching and Complex Cases
Part 3: Tensedness
9: Adjectives and the Tensedness Parameter
10: Tensed Languages
11: Non-Tensed Languages
12: Problematic Cases
13: Evaluation and Explanation
Part 4: The Model
14: The Model of Intransitive Predicate Encoding
15: Conclusion
Notes
Appendices
References
Indices