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Changing valency : case studies in transitivity

Title
Changing valency : case studies in transitivity / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Dixon, Robert M. W.
  • Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)
Description
xii, 413 p.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb
  • Grammar, Comparative and general > Transitivity
  • Grammar, Comparative and general > Voice
  • Typology (Linguistics)
  • Dependency grammar
  • Sprachtypologie
  • Transitivität
  • Valenz Linguistik
  • Verb
  • Wandel
  • Taaltypologie
  • Causatieven
  • Valentie (taalkunde)
  • Transitiviteit (taalkunde)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Introduction / R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- A typology of causatives: Form, syntax and meaning / R.M.W. Dixon-- Valency-changing derivation in central Alaskan Yup'ik / Marianne Mithun -- Transitivity and valency-changing derivations in Motuna / Masayuki Onishi -- Transitivity in Tariana / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- Voice and valency in the Athapaskan family / Keren Rice -- Valency-changing derivations in K'iche' / Lyle Campbell -- Valency-changing derivations in Dulong/Rawang / Randy J. LaPolla -- Valency-changing and valency-encoding devices in Amharic / Mengistu Amberber -- Complex verb collocations in Ngan'gityemerri: a non-derivational strategy for encoding valency alternations / Nicholas Reid -- Valency-changing derivations in Tsez / Bernard Comrie -- Creek voice: Beyond valency / Jack Martin.
ISBN
  • 0521660394
  • 9780521660396
LCCN
99024413
OCLC
  • ocm41026545
  • 41026545
  • SCSB-1123174
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library