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Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics [CHL]

Herausgegeben von: Andrej Malchukov und Edith Moravcsik

ISSN: 2364-4354

e-ISSN 2364-4362

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The purpose of the series is to present collections of specific studies on particular topics in a format that facilitates cross-linguistic and cross-theoretical comparison. Each handbook takes up a single theme and includes a questionnaire; both the individual studies and the summary paper synthesizing the results of the comparison reflect the structure of the questionnaire.
Unlike other handbooks that consist of chapters organized by theoretical topics, the handbooks of this series present empirical studies on various languages uniformly structured to facilitate comparison. A typical volume examines a grammatical feature or construction across languages (such as interrogative structures or numeral constructions), offers a survey of that feature through in-depth analyses cast in roughly the same theoretical framework, and formulates cross-linguistic generalizations. The handbooks also include accounts of constructions cast in different theoretical frameworks so that the empirical differences among the theories can be assessed and their similarities revealed.

The volumes are accessible to the general academic community of linguists, meet the needs of students on the undergraduate and graduate level, and are of interest to specialists as well. Each volume is self-contained. Some of the volumes have associated websites to provide additional materials.

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Buch Noch nicht erschienen 2024

Onomatopoeia in the World’s Languages

Lívia Körtvélyessy, Pavol Štekauer

Band 10 in dieser Reihe

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This is the very first publication mapping onomatopoeia in the languages of the world. The publication provides a comprehensive, multi-level description of onomatopoeia in the world’s languages. The sample covers six macro-areas defined in the WALS: Euroasia, Africa, South America, North America, Australia, Papunesia. Each language-descriptive chapter specifies phonological, morphological, word-formation, semantic, and syntactic properties of onomatopoeia in the particular language. Furthermore, it provides information about the approach to onomatopoeia in individual linguistic traditions, the sources of data on onomatopoeia, the place and the function of onomatopoeia in the system of each language.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783111053226
ISBN:: 9783111053226
ISBN:: 9783111053370
ISBN:: 9783111051550
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Semiotik, andere
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Lexikologie
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch Noch nicht erschienen 2024

Applicative Constructions in the World’s Languages

Fernando Zuniga, Denis Creissels

Band 7 in dieser Reihe

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This book presents a state-of-the-art cross-linguistic survey of applicative constructions in the functional-typological tradition. An introductory section sets the terminological and analytical stage, presents the methodology used by the different chapters, and provides a typological outlook. The individual contributions address the morphological, syntactic and semantic variation of applicatives, as well as their discourse-pragmatic function. They cover all major language families and some isolates that feature some illuminating version of the phenomenon, paying special attention to language-internal variation and unity. The phenomena surveyed range from those instances usually considered canonical (valency-increasing, syntactically and semantically predictable, productive, dedicated, and optional) to those occasionally understudied in descriptive works and frequently neglected in comparative studies (valency-neutral, rather unpredictable, lexicalized, syncretic, and/or obligatory).

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110730951
ISBN:: 9783110730951
ISBN:: 9783110735482
ISBN:: 9783110731095
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Beschreibungsebenen
Fachgebiet:: Semantik
Fachgebiet:: Syntax
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch 2020

Mermaid Construction

A Compound-Predicate Construction with Biclausal Appearance

Tasaku Tsunoda

Band 6 in dieser Reihe

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This volume provides detailed studies of the crosslinguistically unusual mermaid construction in seventeen languages of Asia, including Modern Standard Japanese, and one language of Africa. This construction appears to be absent in languages of Europe, Oceania and the Americas. The name - mermaid construction - alludes to its paradoxical make-up, where the structure closely resembling a verb-predicate clause ends with what may look like a noun-predicate clause. Superficially it looks biclausal; however, syntactically it is monoclausal. It has a compound predicate which contains an independent noun, a clitic or an affix derived from a noun, or a nominalizer. Its compound predicate has a modal, evidential, aspectual, temporal, stylistic or discourse-related meaning. The paradox is resolved from a diachronic perspective insofar as a biclausal structure is reanalyzed as a monoclausal one. This volume shows how a noun may be reanalyzed to become a constituent of a predicate. It constitutes an important contribution to research on grammaticalization and in particular, the grammaticalization of nouns and more generally, to the typology of syntactic reanalysis.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110670844
ISBN:: 9783110670844
ISBN:: 9783110670875
ISBN:: 9783110670806
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Asiatische Sprachen
Fachgebiet:: Japanisch-Ryūkyū
Fachgebiet:: Sino-tibetische Sprachen
Fachgebiet:: Sino-tibetische Sprachen, andere
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Beschreibungsebenen
Fachgebiet:: Syntax
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch 2022

Number in the World's Languages

A Comparative Handbook

Paolo Acquaviva, Michael Daniel

Band 5 in dieser Reihe

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The strong development in research on grammatical number in recent years has created a need for a unified perspective. The different frameworks, the ramifications of the theoretical questions, and the diversity of phenomena across typological systems, make this a significant challenge.

This book addresses the challenge with a series of in-depth analyses of number across a typologically diverse sample, unified by a common set of descriptive and analytic questions from a semantic, morphological, syntactic, and discourse perspective. Each case study is devoted to a single language, or in a few cases to a language group. They are written by specialists who can rely on first-hand data or on material of difficult access, and can place the phenomena in the context of the respective system. The studies are preceded and concluded by critical overviews which frame the discussion and identify the main results and open questions.

With specialist chapters breaking new ground, this book will help number specialists relate their results to other theoretical and empirical domains, and it will provide a reliable guide to all linguists and other researchers interested in number.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110622713
ISBN:: 9783110622713
ISBN:: 9783110560695
ISBN:: 9783110619546
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Beschreibungsebenen
Fachgebiet:: Syntax
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch Nur in gedruckter Form 2020

Volume 1+2 [Set Grammaticalization Scenarios, Vol 1+2]

Walter Bisang, Andrej Malchukov

Teil des mehrbändigen Werks Grammaticalization Scenarios

Band 4/1+2 in dieser Reihe

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This volume intends to fill the gap in the grammaticalization studies setting as its goal the systematic description of grammaticalization processes in genealogically and structurally diverse languages. To address the problem of the limitations of the secondary sources for grammaticalization studies, the editors rely on sketches of grammaticalization phenomena from experts in individual languages guided by a typological questionnaire.

ISBN:: 9783110712681
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch 2020

Volume 2 Grammaticalization Scenarios from Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific

Walter Bisang, Andrej Malchukov

Teil des mehrbändigen Werks Grammaticalization Scenarios

Band 4.2 in dieser Reihe

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110712735
ISBN:: 9783110712735
ISBN:: 9783110712643
ISBN:: 9783110712797
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Beschreibungsebenen
Fachgebiet:: Pragmatik
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Historische Linguistik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch 2020

Volume 1 Grammaticalization Scenarios from Europe and Asia

Walter Bisang, Andrej Malchukov

Teil des mehrbändigen Werks Grammaticalization Scenarios

Band 4.1 in dieser Reihe

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110563146
ISBN:: 9783110563146
ISBN:: 9783110560442
ISBN:: 9783110559378
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Historische Linguistik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch 2019

Current Approaches to Syntax

A Comparative Handbook

András Kertész, Edith Moravcsik, Csilla Rákosi

Band 3 in dieser Reihe

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Even though the range of phenomena syntactic theories intend to account for is basically the same, the large number of current approaches to syntax shows how differently these phenomena can be interpreted, described, and explained. The goal of the volume is to probe into the question of how exactly these frameworks differ and what if anything they have in common.
Descriptions of a sample of current approaches to syntax are presented by their major practitioners (Part I) followed by their metatheoretical underpinnings (Part II). Given that the goal is to facilitate a systematic comparison among the approaches, a checklist of issues was given to the contributors to address. The main headings are Data, Goals, Descriptive Tools, and Criteria for Evaluation. The chapters are structured uniformly allowing an item-by-item survey across the frameworks. The introduction lays out the parameters along which syntactic frameworks must be the same and how they may differ and a final paper draws some conclusions about similarities and differences.
The volume is of interest to descriptive linguists, theoreticians of grammar, philosophers of science, and studies of the cognitive science of science.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110540253
ISBN:: 9783110540253
ISBN:: 9783110538212
ISBN:: 9783110538373
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Beschreibungsebenen
Fachgebiet:: Syntax
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch 2018

Levels in Clause Linkage

A Crosslinguistic Survey

Tasaku Tsunoda

Band 2 in dieser Reihe

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This is a cross-linguistic exploration of the use of clause linkage markers in causal, conditional, and concessive sentences. Employing a five-level classification of clause linkage based on semantic and pragmatic grounds, it shows that, within individual languages different　markers　exhibit　different distributions on the five levels. Also, the rich evidence presented from seventeen languages from many parts of the world documents that these distributions present　commonalities　as well as differences　across the languages of the sample.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110519242
ISBN:: 9783110519242
ISBN:: 9783110517057
ISBN:: 9783110516777
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Beschreibungsebenen
Fachgebiet:: Syntax
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch Nur in gedruckter Form 2015

Volume 1-2 Set Valency Classes in the World’s Languages

Teil des mehrbändigen Werks Valency Classes in the World’s Languages

Band 1/1+2 in dieser Reihe

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Earlier empirical studies on valency have looked at the phenomenon either in individual languages or a small range of languages, or have concerned themselves with only small subparts of valency (e.g. transitivity, ditransitive constructions), leaving a lacuna that the present volume aims to fill by considering a wide range of valency phenomena across 30 languages from different parts of the world. The individual-language studies, each written by a specialist or group of specialists on that language and covering both valency patterns and valency alternations, are based on a questionnaire (reproduced in the volume) and an on-line freely accessible database, thus guaranteeing comparability of cross-linguistic results. In addition, introductory chapters provide the background to the project and discuss its main characteristics and selected results, while a series of featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field provide an outside perspective on the volume’s approach. The volumes are essential reading for anyone interested in valency and argument structure, irrespective of theoretical persuasion, and will serve as a model for future descriptive studies of valency in individual languages.

ISBN:: 9783110447491
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Beschreibungsebenen
Fachgebiet:: Syntax
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch 2015

Volume 2 Case Studies from Austronesia, the Pacific, the Americas, and Theoretical Outlook

Andrej Malchukov, Bernard Comrie

Teil des mehrbändigen Werks Valency Classes in the World’s Languages

Band 1/2 in dieser Reihe

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Earlier empirical studies on valency have looked at the phenomenon either in individual languages or a small range of languages, or have concerned themselves with only small subparts of valency (e.g. transitivity, ditransitive constructions), leaving a lacuna that the present volume aims to fill by considering a wide range of valency phenomena across 30 languages from different parts of the world. The individual-language studies, each written by a specialist or group of specialists on that language and covering both valency patterns and valency alternations, are based on a questionnaire (reproduced in the volume) and an on-line freely accessible database, thus guaranteeing comparability of cross-linguistic results. In addition, introductory chapters provide the background to the project and discuss its main characteristics and selected results, while a series of featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field provide an outside perspective on the volume’s approach. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested in valency and argument structure, irrespective of theoretical persuasion, and will serve as a model for future descriptive studies of valency in individual languages.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110429343
ISBN:: 9783110438444
ISBN:: 9783110429343
ISBN:: 9783110429374
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Beschreibungsebenen
Fachgebiet:: Syntax
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton

Buch 2015

Volume 1 Introducing the Framework, and Case Studies from Africa and Eurasia

Andrej Malchukov, Bernard Comrie

Teil des mehrbändigen Werks Valency Classes in the World’s Languages

Band 1/1 in dieser Reihe

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Earlier empirical studies on valency have looked at the phenomenon either in individual languages or a small range of languages, or have concerned themselves with only small subparts of valency (e.g. transitivity, ditransitive constructions), leaving a lacuna that the present volume aims to fill by considering a wide range of valency phenomena across 30 languages from different parts of the world. The individual-language studies, each written by a specialist or group of specialists on that language and covering both valency patterns and valency alternations, are based on a questionnaire (reproduced in the volume) and an on-line freely accessible database, thus guaranteeing comparability of cross-linguistic results. In addition, introductory chapters provide the background to the project and discuss its main characteristics and selected results, while a series of featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field provide an outside perspective on the volume’s approach. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested in valency and argument structure, irrespective of theoretical persuasion, and will serve as a model for future descriptive studies of valency in individual languages.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110338812
ISBN:: 9783110338812
ISBN:: 9783110395273
ISBN:: 9783110332940
Fachgebiet:: Linguistik und Semiotik
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Beschreibungsebenen
Fachgebiet:: Syntax
Fachgebiet:: Theorien und Fachgebiete
Fachgebiet:: Linguistische Typologie
Verlag:: De Gruyter Mouton