The polyfunctionality of 'still' expressions: A cross-linguistic exploration (Research on Comparative Grammar) - Hardcover

Persohn, Bastian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3985541043 ISBN 13: 9783985541041

Verlag: Language Science Press, 2024

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Expressions from the semasiological domain of phasal polarity (ʻstillʼ, ʻalreadyʼ, etc.) tend to be highly polyfunctional, with their various uses often extending into a wide range of other linguistic domains, both time-related and non-temporal. Yet these patterns have hitherto been investigated mostly for individual languages or smaller groups. This volume presents the first ever larger-scale survey of the numerous functions of expressions whose meanings include the notion of ʻstill’, making use of a global sample of 76 varieties from 45 distinct phyla. It is aimed at semanticists, typologists and descriptive grammarians alike.

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Bastian Persohn holds a PhD in general linguistics from the University of Cologne and a postdoctoral degree in the same field from the University of Jena. His research focusses on cross-linguistic variation in the expression of tense, aspect, and adjacent semasiological domains.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Language Science Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3985541043
• ISBN 13: 9783985541041
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 784
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: LangSci Press gUG, Sebastian Nordhoff; sebastian.nordhoff@langsci-press-gug.org; ; Bänschstr. 29; Berlin; 10247; Deutschland