The Morphosyntax of Transitions
A Case Study in Latin and Other Languages
Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics; 62;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 February 2016
- ISBN 9780198733287
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages330 pages
- Size 240x162x24 mm
- Weight 628 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book examines the cross-linguistic expression of changes of location or state. It is based on the idea that languages encode information either on the verb or on a non-verbal element such as an affix or preposition. It focuses principally on Latin, with important comparisons drawn with other language families, particularly Slavic.
MoreLong description:
This book examines the cross-linguistic expression of changes of location or state, taking as a starting point Talmy's typological generalization that classifies languages as either 'satellite-framed' or 'verb-framed'. In verb-framed languages, such as those of the Romance family, the result state or location is encoded in the verb. In satellite-framed languages, such as English or Latin, the result state or location is encoded in a non-verbal element. These languages can be further subdivided into weak satellite-framed languages, in which the element expressing result must form a word with the verb, and strong satellite-framed languages, in which it is expressed by an independent element: an adjective, a prepositional phrase or a particle. In this volume, Víctor Acedo-Matellán explores the similarities between Latin and Slavic in their expression of events of transition: neither allows the expression of complex adjectival resultative constructions and both express the result state or location of a complex transition through prefixes. They are therefore analysed as weak satellite-framed languages, along with Ancient Greek and some varieties of Mandarin Chinese, and stand in contrast to strong satellite-framed languages such as English, the Germanic languages in general, and Finno-Ugric. This variation is expressed in terms of the morphological properties of the head that expresses transition, which is argued to be affixal in weak but not in strong satellite-framed languages. The author takes a neo-constructionist approach to argument structure, which accounts for the verbal elasticity shown by Latin, and a Distributed Morphology approach to the syntax-morphology interface.
MoreTable of Contents:
General preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
A neo-constructionist perspective on argument structure
The syntax-morphology interface
Latin as a satellite-framed language
Weak satellite-framed languages
A revision of Talmy's typology
Challenges and proposals
Appendix: Latin telic predicates with prefixed manner-of-motion verbs
References
Index
