The Linker in the Khoisan Languages

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av Chris Collins, New York University) Collins, Chris (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics

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The linker introduces ("links") a variety of expressions into the verb phrase, including locatives, the second object of a double object construction, the second object of a causative, instruments, subject matter arguments, and adverbs. This volume collects together Chris Collins's published work on the linker in the Khoisan languages. Here, Collins offers a systematic description of the linker in ǂHoã, Ju|'hoan, N|uu, and to a lesser extent !Xoõ and |Xam. For each language, Collins illustrates various uses of the linker, drawing attention to cross-linguistic generalizations as well as to variation between the languages. The work presented in this volume should be of interest to researchers working in a wide variety of syntactic frameworks on different languages of the world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-07-04
Mått231 x 155 x 15 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieOxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
Antal sidor208
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190921378

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Khoisan languages are primarily known in the linguistic literature for their elaborate use of click consonants but they also have a typologically rare particle--the linker. Using data obtained through rigorous fieldwork on endangered languages, Chris Collins has provided a definitive analysis of an aspect of Universal Grammar that had largely gone unnoticed. The linker promises to provide unique insight into patterns of linguistic contact and relatedness in the Kalahari Basin and beyond.