Non-verbal Predication in the World’s Languages
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Edited by:
Pier Marco Bertinetto
About this book
The notion of predication is usually associated with the lexical class of verbs. However, the predicate function may also be expressed by Noun / Adjective / Adverb / Quantifier Phrases:
a. John is a doctor. b. The man is old. c. The boys are in the garden. d. Sam's friends are many.
Natural languages do, with respect to non-verbal predication, what they are expected to do in any compartment of grammar: they sharply diverge in their behavior.
This book offers a wide typological overview of how languages deal with non-verbal predication (henceforth: NVP). After the pioneering works by Hengeveld (1992) and Stassen (1997), no other work has attempted to provide a comprehensive overview of this pervasive syntactic phenomenon. Hence, the need for this book.
The introductory chapter highlights the main features to be considered:
- the lexical and morphosyntactic nature of the predicate.
- the morphological expression of NVP.
- the semantic types of NVP.
The bulk of the book consists of a collection of papers, written by well-known specialists, targeting different languages or language families, thus offering a rich array of typological data.
This book will be of interest to typologists, syntacticians of any theoretical creed, and students of linguistics at large.
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments
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Contents
IX - Part I: Setting the stage
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1 Non-verbal predication: An analytical framework
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2 A diachronic view on non-verbal predication
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3 Crucial issues in non-verbal predication: A questionnaire
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4 Non-verbal predication in Caijia and Waxiang: A Southeast Asian perspective
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5 Non-verbal predication in Siyuewu Khroskyabs
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6 Non-verbal predication in Uralic
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7 Non-verbal predication in Turkic languages
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8 Non-verbal predication in the so-called Paleosiberian languages
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9 Non-verbal predication in Tungusic languages
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10 Non-verbal predication in the Yupik-Inuktitut-Unangan (Eskimo-Aleut) family
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11 Non-verbal predication in Western Apache (Athabaskan/Dene), with comparisons to Hän Athabaskan
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12 Non-verbal predication in Algonquian languages
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13 Non-verbal predication in Lushootseed (Salishan)
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14 Non-verbal predication in Uto-Aztecan languages from northwestern Mexico
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15 Verbless clauses and copula clauses in Arawak languages
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16 Non-verbal predication in Tupian, especially Tupí-Guaraní languages
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17 Non-verbal predication in Zaparoan languages
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18 Non-verbal predication in Chicham
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19 Non-verbal predication in the Pano languages of Western Amazonia
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20 Non-verbal predication in Guaycuruan and Mataguayan
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21 Non-verbal predication in Old Zamuco
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