Number--constructions and semantics case studies from Africa, Amazonia, India and Oceania / edited by Anne Storch, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, University of Cologne.
| Other author | Storch, Anne. |
| Other author | Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014] |
| Description | xiv, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | Studies in Language Companion Series (SLCS), 0165-7763 ; volume 151 Studies in language companion series ; v. 151. ^A654669 |
| Contents | One size fits all? : on the grammar and semantics of singularity and plurality / Anne Storch & Gerrit J. Dimmendaal -- Number and noun categorisation : a view from north-west Amazonia / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- Pluractionality and the distribution of number marking across categories / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal -- Figuratively speaking - number in Kharia / John Peterson -- Number in Kambaata : a category between inflection and derivation / Yvonne Treis -- The history of numeral classifiers in Teiwa (Papuan) / Marian Klamer -- Number and numeration in Nêlêmwa and Zuanga (New Caledonia) : ontologies, definiteness and pragmatics / Isabelle Bril -- When number meets classification : the linguistic expression of number in Baïnounk languages / Alexander Cobbinah & Friederike Lüpke -- Number in Dinka / Torben Andersen -- Counting chickens in Luwo / Anne Storch -- Number in South-Bauchi West Languages (Chadic, Nigeria) / Bernard Caron -- Number and numerals in Zande / Helma Pasch -- Numerals in Papuan languages of the Greater Awyu family / Lourens de Vries. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013046346 |
| ISBN | 9789027259165 (Hb : alk. paper) |
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