The NP-strategy for expressing reciprocity typology, history, syntax and semantics / Elitzur A. Bar-Asher Siegal.
| Author/creator | Bar-Asher Siegal, Elitzur A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; volume 127 |
| Abstract | "This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the syntax and semantics of a single linguistic phenomenon - the NP-strategy for expressing reciprocity - in synchronic, diachronic, and typological perspectives. It challenges the assumption common in the typological, syntactic, and semantic literature, namely that so-called reciprocal constructions encode symmetric relations. Instead, they are analyzed as constructions encoding unspecified relations. In effect, it provides a new proposal for the truth-conditional semantics of these constructions. More broadly, this book introduces new ways of bringing together historical linguistics and formal semantics, demonstrating how, on the one hand, the inclusion of historical data concerning the sources of reciprocal constructions enriches their synchronic analysis; and how, on the other hand, an analysis of the syntax and the semantics of these constructions serves as a key for understanding their historical origins"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Bar-Asher Siegal, Elitzur A.. The NP-strategy for expressing reciprocity Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020] 9789027204783 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019049895 |
| ISBN | 9789027261687 (pdf) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |