Language at Large

Essays on Syntax and Semantics

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19934366
AutoresAlexandra Y Aikhenvald (0000-0003-1866-7869), Alexandra Aikhenvald, A I͡U Aĭkhenvalʹd, R M W Dixon (0000-0001-8294-5806)
Año2011
Páginas606
Fecha de publicación2011-01-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaLanguage at large (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004206076.i-606
OpenAlexW61040399
Open LibraryOL29646696M
ISBN9789004206076
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon, highlighting their expertise in various fields of linguistics. The first part focusses on linguistic typology, covering case markers used on verbs, argument-determined constructions, unusual meanings of causatives, the semantic basis for a typology, word-class-changing derivations, speech reports and semi-direct speech. The second part concentrates on documentation and analysis of previously undescribed languages, from South America and Indigenous Australia. The third part addresses a variety of issues in grammar and lexicography of English. This includes pronouns with transferred reference, comparative constructions, features of the noun phrase, and the discussion of 'twice'. The treatment of Australian Aboriginal words in dictionaries is discussed in the final chapter

Argument (complex analysis) · Grammar · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Noun · Noun phrase · Part of speech · Programming language · Semantics (computer science) · Sociology · Syntax · Typology · Variety (cybernetics) · Artificial Intelligence · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Computer Science · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Comparative and general Grammar · Grammar & Punctuation · Grammar, comparative and general, syntax · Language Arts & Disciplines · Semantics · Typology (linguistics)