Applicative Constructions

by David A. Peterson

Overview

This book presents the first systematic typological analysis of applicatives across African, American Indian, and East Asian languages. It is also the first to address their functions in discourse, the derivation of their semantic and syntactic properties, and how and why they have changed over time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199270927
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/01/2007
Series:	Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

David A. Peterson is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Dartmouth College and works on Tibeto-Burman languages. He joined this institution after a Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley (1999), followed by a postdoctoral research at the Department of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, where he conducted research on Kuki-Chin languages (Bangladesh).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Two Case Studies of Applicative Morphosyntax3. Morphosyntactic and Semantic Variation in Applicative Constructions4. The Discourse Function of Applicative Constructions5. The Evolution of Applicative Constructions6. Structural Correlates of Applicative Constructions7. ConclusionAppendixReferencesIndex