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Spatial Interrogatives in Europe and Beyond - Where, Whither, Whence (Hardcover)
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Spatial Interrogatives in Europe and Beyond - Where, Whither, Whence (Hardcover)
Series: Studia Typologica [STTYP]
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The extant generalizations about the grammar of space rely heavily
on the analyses of declarative sentences. There is a need to check
whether these generalizations also hold in the domain of
interrogation. To this end this book analyzes data from some 450
languages (including non-standard varieties). The focus is on
paradigms of spatial interrogatives such as English where, whither
and whence and their internal organization. These paradigms are
checked for recurrent patterns of morphological mismatches (such as
syncretism) and different degrees of complexity (e.g. the number of
segments). The data-base consists of a large parallel literary
corpus (Le petit prince and translations thereof) which is
complemented by further sources of information such as descriptive
grammars. The data are analyzed from a synchronic perspective.
However, diachronic issues are addressed unsystematically, too. It
is shown that the distribution of phenomena which characterize
paradigms of spatial interrogatives are subject to areal-linguistic
factors. This is the first typological study of spatial
interrogatives. It provides new insights for students of the
grammar of space, morphological paradigms, and language typology.
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