Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective
Edited by Alessandra Barotto and Simone Mattiola
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 227] 2023. vi, 439 pp.
Simone Mattiola
List of John Benjamins publications for which Simone Mattiola plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World
Simone Mattiola
[Typological Studies in Language, 125] 2019. xxiv, 237 pp.
Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Articles
2023 Chapter 1. Discourse phenomena in typological perspective: An overview Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective, Barotto, Alessandra and Simone Mattiola (eds.), pp. 1–9 | Chapter
2023 Nominal reduplication in cross-linguistic perspective: From plurality to change of referents’ specificity Studies in Language 47:1, pp. 135–189 | Article
This paper aims at investigating the semantics of nominal reduplication cross-linguistically. Nominal reduplication is treated as an iconic morphological device expressing functions that have something to do with plurality. Nevertheless, in the languages of the world, other types of functions… read more
2022 Wild words: The case of morphologically embedded general extenders Extravagant Morphology: Studies in rule-bending, pattern-extending and theory-challenging morphology, Eitelmann, Matthias and Dagmar Haumann (eds.), pp. 233–254 | Chapter
In this paper we analyse the formal and functional ‘extravagance’ of general extenders embedded within morphological schemas, either at the end of coordinate compounds, or as constituents of complex words, especially at the end of lists of complex words formed according to the same schema. After… read more
2021 Chapter 8. The non-universality of linguistic categories: Evidence from pluractional constructions Linguistic Categories, Language Description and Linguistic Typology, Alfieri, Luca, Giorgio Francesco Arcodia and Paolo Ramat (eds.), pp. 279–312 | Chapter
This paper aims at giving a typological overview of pluractionality in order to show how grammatical categories, in cross-linguistic perspective, cannot be considered as universally valid entities. After having defined the phenomenon, I will present the main functions and some formal… read more