| Salish Applicatives Contributor(s): Kiyosawa, Kaoru (Author), Gerdts, Donna (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004183930 ISBN-13: 9789004183933 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages - Reference - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 497.94 |
| LCCN: 2010006651 |
| Series: Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas |
| Physical Information: 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a comprehensive view of the morphology, syntax, and semantics of applicatives in Salish, a language family of northwestern North America. Applicative constructions, found in many polysynthetic languages, cast a semantically peripheral noun phrase as direct object. Drawing upon primary and secondary data from twenty Salish languages, the authors catalog the relationship between the form and function of seventeen applicative suffixes. The semantic role of the associated noun phrase and the verb class of the base are crucial factors in differentiating applicatives. Salish languages have two types of applicatives: relationals are formed on intransitive bases and redirectives on transitive ones. The historical development and discourse function of Salish applicatives are elucidated and placed in typological perspective. |