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The Morphosyntax of Transitions
- A Case Study in Latin and Other Languages
Engelsk Paperback
The Morphosyntax of Transitions
- A Case Study in Latin and Other Languages
Engelsk Paperback

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This book examines the cross-linguistic expression of changes of location or state, taking as a starting point Talmy''s typological generalization that classifies languages as either ''satellite-framed'' or ''verb-framed''. In verb-framed languages, such as those of the Romance family, the result state or location is encoded in the verb. In satellite-framed languages, such as English or Latin, the result state or location is encoded in a non-verbal element. These languages can be further subdivided into weak satellite-framed languages, in which the element expressing result must form a word with the verb, and strong satellite-framed languages, in which it is expressed by an independent element: an adjective, a prepositional phrase or a particle. In this volume, Víctor Acedo-Matellán explores the similarities between Latin and Slavic in their expression of events of transition: neither allows the expression of complex adjectival resultative constructions and both express the result state or location of a complex transition through prefixes. They are therefore analysed as weak satellite-framed languages, along with Ancient Greek and some varieties of Mandarin Chinese, and stand in contrast to strong satellite-framed languages such as English, the Germanic languages in general, and Finno-Ugric. This variation is expressed in terms of the morphological properties of the head that expresses transition, which is argued to be affixal in weak but not in strong satellite-framed languages. The author takes a neo-constructionist approach to argument structure, which accounts for the verbal elasticity shown by Latin, and a Distributed Morphology approach to the syntax-morphology interface.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9780198733294
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0198733291
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Udg. Dato:
18 feb 2016
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
235mm
Højde:
155mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
18 feb 2016
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