Similative and Equative Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective
Edited by Yvonne Treis and Martine Vanhove
[Typological Studies in Language, 117] 2017. vi, 437 pp.
Yvonne Treis
List of John Benjamins publications for which Yvonne Treis plays a role.
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Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Articles
2017 Chapter 4. Similative morphemes as purpose clause markers in Ethiopia and beyond Similative and Equative Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective, Treis, Yvonne and Martine Vanhove (eds.), pp. 91–142 | Chapter
In more than 30 languages spoken at the Horn of Africa, a similative morpheme ‘like’ or a noun ‘manner’ or ‘type’ is used as a marker of purpose clauses. The paper first elaborates on the many functions of the enclitic morpheme=g‘manner’ in Kambaata (Highland East Cushitic), which is used, among… read more
2017 Introduction Similative and Equative Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective, Treis, Yvonne and Martine Vanhove (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Chapter
2014 Chapter 5. Number in Kambaata Number – Constructions and Semantics: Case studies from Africa, Amazonia, India and Oceania, Storch, Anne and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal (eds.), pp. 111–134 | Article
The Cushitic language Kambaata (South Ethiopia) is a head-final and suffixing language with a rich nominal and verbal morphology. Number is marked on nouns and pronouns, and traces of number agreement are found on modifiers and verbs. This chapter concentrates on number marking on common nouns,… read more
2008 Relativization in Kambaata (Cushitic) Interaction of Morphology and Syntax: Case studies in Afroasiatic, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt and Erin Shay (eds.), pp. 161–206 | Article