Elementary Predicates and Related Categories
Ludovico Franco(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 1. August 2024
Book
Hardback
217 pages
978-90-272-1499-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a fresh perspective on how natural languages encode grammatical relations, by delving into the interplay between oblique cases, adpositions, serial verbs, and applicatives. This book reveals, through a series of case studies, the pervasive role of the 'inclusion' relator across diverse linguistic contexts. Departing from traditional views that obliques lack interpretive content, this work presents a unified conceptual framework of relations in grammar. Drawing on minimalist principles, the book posits a preeminence of the lexicon in syntactic projection, shedding light on the underlying ontology of language. By exploring cross-categorial variation and syncretism, it outlines an inventory of primitives shaping morpho-syntactic derivations.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Weight
545 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-1499-7 (9789027214997)
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