Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2008

Reciprocals and Reflexives

Theoretical and Typological Explorations

Edited by: Ekkehard König and Volker Gast

Volume 192 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199147

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Contents

About this book

This collection of original papers is a representative survey of recent theoretical and cross-linguistic work on reciprocity and reflexivity. Its most remarkable feature is its combination of formal approaches, case studies on individual languages and broad typological surveys in one volume, showing that the interaction of formal approaches to grammar and typology may lead to new insights and results for both fields.

Among the major issues addressed in this volume are the following: How can our current knowledge about the space and limits of variation in the relevant domain be captured in a structural typology of reciprocity? What light can such a typology shed on the facts of particular languages or groups of languages (e.g. Austronesian)? How can recent descriptive and typological insights be incorporated into a revised and more adequate version of the Binding Theory? How do verbal semantics, argument structure and reciprocal markers interact? How can we explain the pervasive patterns of ambiguity observable in these two domains, especially the use of the same forms both as reflexive and reciprocal markers? What are the major sources in the historical development of reciprocal markers?

This combination of large-scale typological surveys with in-depth studies of particular languages provides new answers to old questions and raises important new questions for future research.

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Ekkehard König and Volker Gast, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

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I-VI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
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Abbreviations and glosses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Reciprocity and reflexivity – description, typology and theory Ekkehard König and Volker Gast Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Reciprocal constructions: Towards a structural typology Nicholas Evans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages Claire Moyse-Faurie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
The intersection between reflexives and reciprocals: A grammaticalization perspective Bernd Heine and Hiroyuki Miyashita Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Reflexive encoding of reciprocity: Cross-linguistic and language-internal variation Elena Maslova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Distinguishing reciprocals from reflexives in Kuuk Thaayorre Alice Gaby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Valency-changing operations in Wolof and the notion of “co-participation” Denis Creissels and Sylvie Nouguier-Voisin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
On reciprocal and reflexive uses of anaphors in German and other European languages Volker Gast and Florian Haas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Thoughts on the origin, progress, and pronominal status of reciprocal forms in Germanic, occasioned by those of Bavarian Frans Plank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Irreducible symmetry in reciprocal constructions Alexis Dimitriadis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
The inherently reflexive and the inherently reciprocal predicate in Hungarian: Each to their own argument structure György Rákosi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
The Syntax of Reciprocal Verbs: An Overview Tal Siloni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	451
Anaphoric dependencies: How are they encoded? Towards a derivation-based typology Eric Reuland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	499
Domain restrictions on reciprocal interpretation Martin Everaert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	557
A binding theory exempt anaphor Peter Cole, Gabriella Hermon, Yassir Tjung, Chang-Yong Sim and Chonghyuck Kim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	577
From intensive to reflexive: The prosodic factor Anne Zribi-Hertz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	591
633-652 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	633

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Linguists of all Theoretical Persuasions, Philologists, Students of Modern Languages and /or Linguistics, Academic Libraries and Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 652
Keywords: Linguistic Typology

eBook

Published: November 6, 2008
ISBN: 9783110199147

Hardcover

Published: November 17, 2008
ISBN: 9783110195941