Reciprocals
Subtitle: forms and functions
By: edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Traci S. Curl
Series: Typological studies in language -- v. 41; Typological studies in language -- v. 41.
Publisher: J. Benjamins
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9789027298584
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Reflexives; Réciproques (Linguistique); Gramática comparada y general; Reciprocals; Reflexivos; Syntax; Grammaticalization; Gramaticalización; Grammar & Punctuation; Linguistics; Constructions réfléchies (Linguistique)
Description: The theoretical issues addressed in the present volume are semantic and cognitive properties of reciprocal events, syntactic properties of reciprocals, and the relationship of reciprocals to other grammatical categories. Several papers discuss the history of reciprocal constructions, offering alternative hypotheses regarding the grammaticalization of reciprocals. The formal, functional, typological and historical approaches in the present volume complement each other, contributing together to the understanding of forms, and syntactic and semantic properties of reciprocal markers. Several paper.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: Polysemy involving reflexive and reciprocal markers in African languages / Bernd Heine; title: Reciprocals without reflexives / Frantisek Lichtenberk; title: Types of anaphoric expressions / Martin Everaert; title: Reflexive and reciprocal constructions in Nyulnyulan languages / William McGregor; title: Reciprocal marking with deictic verbs "come " and "go" in Mandarin / Meichun Liu; title: Combinatory restrictions on Halkomelem reflexives and reciprocals / Donna B. Maslova; title: Coding of the reciprocal function, two solutions / Zygmunt Frajzyngier.