Spatial Interrogatives in Europe and Beyond
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A01=Aina Urdze
A01=Julia Nintemann
A01=Maja Robbers
A01=Nataliya Levkovych
A01=Thomas Stolz
Author_Aina Urdze
Author_Julia Nintemann
Author_Maja Robbers
Author_Nataliya Levkovych
Author_Thomas Stolz
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COP=Germany
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IMPN=De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN13=9783110532753
Language_English
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PD=20170807
POP=Berlin
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PUB=De Gruyter
SN=Studia Typologica
Subject=Linguistics
Typologie
WG=1240
WMM=155
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- ISBN 9783110532753
- Format: Hardback
- Weight: 1240g
- Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 07 Aug 2017
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication City/Country: Berlin, DE
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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The extant generalizations about the grammar of space rely heavily on the analyses of declarative sentences. There is a need to check whether these generalizations also hold in the domain of interrogation. To this end this book analyzes data from some 450 languages (including non-standard varieties). The focus is on paradigms of spatial interrogatives such as English where, whither and whence and their internal organization. These paradigms are checked for recurrent patterns of morphological mismatches (such as syncretism) and different degrees of complexity (e.g. the number of segments). The data-base consists of a large parallel literary corpus (Le petit prince and translations thereof) which is complemented by further sources of information such as descriptive grammars. The data are analyzed from a synchronic perspective. However, diachronic issues are addressed unsystematically, too. It is shown that the distribution of phenomena which characterize paradigms of spatial interrogatives are subject to areal-linguistic factors. This is the first typological study of spatial interrogatives. It provides new insights for students of the grammar of space, morphological paradigms, and language typology.
Thomas Stolz, Nataliya Levkovych, Aina Urdze, Julia Nintemann, Maja Robbers, Universität Bremen, Germany
