Tense-aspect, transitivity and causativity : essays in honour of Vladimir Nedjalkov

Tense-aspect, transitivity and causativity : essays in honour of Vladimir Nedjalkov / edited by Werner Abraham, Leonid Kulikov.

This collection presents typological work on tense, aspect, and epistemic modality in a variety of languages and against the background of different schools of thinking, among which the St. Petersburg Typological School developed and so masterfully implemented by the Petersburg linguist, Vladimir Pe...

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Other Authors: Abraham, Werner, Kulikov, L. I., Nedi︠a︡lkov, V. P. (Vladimir Petrovich)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©1999.
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 50.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb.
Typology (Linguistics)
Causative (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb
Tijden (taalkunde)
Aspect (taalkunde)
Philology & Linguistics.
Languages & Literatures.
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Table of Contents:
  • TENSE-ASPECT, TRANSITIVITY AND CAUSATIVITY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Vladimir Nedjalkov: List of main publications; Aspect and transitivity of iterative constructions in Warrungu; Split causativity: Remarks on correlations between transitivity, aspect, and tense; Conceptualization and aspect in some Asian languages; Evidentiality, transitivity and split ergativity: Evidence from Svan; On the semantics of some Russian causative constructions: Aspect, control, and types of causation; Some notes on the Georgian resultative.

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