Complex Predicates: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Event Structure

Edited by Mengistu Amberber , Brett Baker , Mark Harvey

ISBN 10: 1107672511 / ISBN 13: 9781107672512

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2014

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reprint edition. 322 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Complex Predicates: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Event Structure
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1107672511
• ISBN-13: 9781107672512
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Brand New

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Inhaltsangabe

Provides a fresh perspective on the cross-linguistic properties of complex predicates, considering how additional words contribute to the overall meaning.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Mengistu Amberber is a senior lecturer in Linguistics at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia). He is the co-editor (with P. Collins) of Language Universals and Variation (2002), and (with H. de Hoop) Competition and Variation in Natural Languages: The Case for Case (2005), and the editor of The Language of Memory in a Cross-Linguistic Perspective (2007).

Brett Baker is a senior lecturer in Linguistics at the University of New England (Armidale, Australia). He is the author of Word Structure in Ngalakgan (2008), and the co-editor (with Ilana Mushin) of Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages (2008).

Mark Harvey is a senior lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Newcastle (Australia). His previous publications include Proto Mirndi: A Discontinous Language Family in Northern Australia (2008), A Grammar of Gaagudju, A Language of the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory (2002) and A Grammar of Limilngan: A Language of the Mary River Region, Northern Territory (2001).