nam a22 c 4500 tsl.116/699017071 nljbp 241011024319.8 cr ||||||||||| 170217s2017 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2017002489 9789027266132 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp P297 415 23 CFK bicssc LAN009060 bisacsh Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia Rethinking theoretical and geographical boundaries Edited by Yoshiko Matsumoto, Bernard Comrie and Peter Sells Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017 ©2017 1 online resource (vi, 381 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Typological Studies in Language 0167-7373 116 Includes bibliographical references. Preface -- Noun-modifying clause constructions in languages of Eurasia / Yoshiko Matsumoto, Bernard Comrie and Peter Sells -- General noun-modifying clause constructions in Japanese / Yoshiko Matsumoto -- The attributive versus final distinction and the manifestation of “main clause phenomena” in Japanese and Korean noun modifying clause constructions / Kaoru Horie -- Noun-modifying constructions in Korean / Shin-Sook Kim and Peter Sells -- Noun-modifying clause constructions in Sino-Tibetan languages / Randy J. LaPolla -- Noun-modifying clauses in Cantonese / Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip -- General noun-modifying clause constructions in Hinuq and Bezhta, with a note on other Daghestanian languages / Bernard Comrie, Diana Forker and Zaira Khalilova -- The general noun-modifying clause construction in Tundra Nenets and its possible origin / Irina Nikolaeva -- Noun-modifying constructions and relativization in the central and western Caucasus / Johanna Nichols -- Noun-modifying clause constructions in Ainu / Anna Bugaeva -- Turkish and Turkic complex noun phrase constructions / Jaklin Kornfilt and Nadezhda Vinokurova -- Noun-modifying constructions in Marathi / Peter Edwin Hook and Prashant Pardeshi -- Conclusion / Bernard Comrie, Peter Sells and Yoshiko Matsumoto This volume presents a cross-linguistic investigation of clausal noun-modifying constructions in genetically varied languages of Eurasia. Contrary to a common premise that, in any language, adnominal clauses that share some features of relative clauses constitute a structurally distinct construction, some languages of Eurasia exhibit a General Noun-Modifying Clause Construction (GNMCC) -- a single construction covering a wide range of semantic relations between the head noun and the clause. Through in-depth examination of naturally-occurring and elicited data from Ainu, languages of the Caucasus (e.g. Ingush, Georgian, Bezhta, Hinuq), Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Nenets, Sino-Tibetan languages (e.g. Cantonese, Mandarin, Rawang), and Turkic languages (e.g. Turkish, Sakha), the chapters discuss whether or not the language in question exhibits a GNMCC and the range of noun modification covered by such a construction. The findings afford us new facts, new theoretical perspectives and the first step toward a more global assessment of the possibilities for GNMCCs. Provided by publisher. Semantics Syntax Theoretical linguistics Typology Matsumoto, Yoshiko editor Comrie, Bernard editor Sells, Peter editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017 9789027206978 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.116 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027266132