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Truong, Christina L.

 
9789004737129: Western Austronesian Applicative Constructions: Continuity and Change in Form and Meaning
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 900473712X ISBN 13 : 9789004737129
Editeur : Brill, 2025

Synopsis

Applicative constructions are a distinctive grammatical feature of the Austronesian languages of western Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. Applicatives in these languages show varied syntactic and semantic properties, and are closely connected to causativization, aspectual meanings, and symmetrical voice. As a result, they do not fit neatly into 'canonical' patterns for applicatives. This book adopts a construction-based, typologically-grounded approach, treating applicatives as pairings of form and meaning. Data from 85 languages are analyzed systematically, combining careful description with quantitative methods and extensive use of geomapping to explore the diverse properties of applicatives in this region and their diachronic development.

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À propos de l'auteur

Christina L. Truong, PhD (2024), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, is a documentary linguist whose work has focused on the Austronesian languages of Asia and the Pacific. Her research explores linguistic diversity and typology, verbal constructions, and language change.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
900473712X
ISBN 13 
9789004737129
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
380
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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