Intransitive Predication

by Leon Stassen

Overview

Stassen makes a major contribution to the study of language typology with Intransitive Predication. Basing his analysis on a sample of 410 languages, he presents a universally applicable model for defining the domain of intransitive predication in natural languages. Intransitive predicates are defined in terms of four domains: events (Sarah is walking), classes (Sarah is a secretary), properties (Sarah is tall), and locations (Sarah is in the garden).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199258932
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/12/2004
Series:	Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	788
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 1.57(d)
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Nijmegen

Table of Contents

Part I: The Typology1. Introduction2. The Verbal and the Locational Strategy3. The Nominal Strategy4. The Typology of Intransitive PredicationPart II. Switching5. Adjective-Switching6. Nominal and Locational Switching7. Verb-Switching8. Multiple Switching and Complex CasesPart III. Tensedness9. Adjectives and the Tensedness Parameter10. Tensed Languages11. Non-Tensed Languages12. Problematic Cases13. Evaluation and ExplanationPart IV. The Model14. The Model of Intransitive Predicate EncodingConclusionAppendicesReferences

Editorial Reviews

"The book is the result of a massive and thorough piece of work...bringing the reader with an impressive study of the subject. ... [A] (vast) contribution...to the field of Linguistics."—Linguist List

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