Changing Valency - Case Studies in Transitivity (Hardcover)

This book presents a wealth of information on some of the most interesting languages in the world, most of them little-known in the linguistics literature. The distinguished team of authors have each examined "valency-changing mechanisms" (phenomena including passives and causatives) in languages ranging from Amazonian Tariana to Alaskan Eskimo, from Australian Ngan'gityemerri to Tsez from the Caucasus. R. M. W. Dixon has also contributed a comprehensive chapter on causatives across the languages of the world. The volume will provide valuable insights both for formal theoreticians and for linguistic typologists.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	R. M. W. Dixon • Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-66039-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
LSN:	0-521-66039-4
Barcode:	9780521660396

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