Introduction

The typology and semantics of locative predicates: posturals, positionals, and other beasts

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ID3988170
AuthorsFelix K Ameka (0000-0001-9442-6675, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, corresponding author), C Levinson (0000-0001-8961-5316, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics), Stephen C Levinson
Year2007
Volume45
Issue5part6
Pages847-871
Publication date2007-01-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling.2007.025
OpenAlexW2022626812
LanguageEN
Citations received42
References cited9

This special issue is devoted to a relatively neglected topic in linguistics, namely the verbal component of locative statements. English tends, of course, to use a simple copula in utterances like “The cup is on the table”, but many languages, perhaps as many as half of the world's languages, have a set of alternate verbs, or alternate verbal affixes, which contrast in this slot. Often these are classificatory verbs of 'sitting', 'standing' and 'lying'. For this reason, perhaps, Aristotle listed position among his basic (“noncomposite”) categories

Linguistics · Locative case · Semantics (computer science) · Typology · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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