Similative and Equative Constructions
A cross-linguistic perspective
Editors
While comparative constructions have been extensively studied in the past decades, the expression of equality and similarity has so far attracted little attention in the typological literature. The fifteen contributions assembled in this volume study similative and equative constructions in typologically and genetically distant languages, albeit with a focus on Africa, and from a range of perspectives. Purely synchronically oriented case studies are supplemented by contributions that also shed light on the diachronic development of similative and equative constructions in language contact situations. Sources of similative morphemes and lexically expressed concepts of likeness are examined, and little-known multifunctionality patterns and grammaticalisation targets of similative morphemes – such as purpose clause markers, modality morphemes and markers of glottonyms – are discussed. Based on a sample of 119 languages worldwide, a new typology of equative constructions is proposed. The book should be of interest to typologists, semanticists, specialists of grammaticalization, historical linguistics and syntax.
[Typological Studies in Language, 117] 2017. vi, 437 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 8 June 2017
Published online on 8 June 2017
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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IntroductionYvonne Treis and Martine Vanhove | pp. 1–6
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Part I. Typology and grammaticalisation
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Chapter 1. Equative constructions in world-wide perspectiveMartin Haspelmath and The Leipzig Equative Constructions Team | pp. 9–32
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Chapter 2. Toward a cognitive typology of like-expressionsWolfgang Schulze | pp. 33–78
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Chapter 3. Similarity, suitability, and non-epistemic modalities (volitionality, ability, and obligation)Denis Creissels | pp. 79–90
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Chapter 4. Similative morphemes as purpose clause markers in Ethiopia and beyondYvonne Treis | pp. 91–142
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Chapter 5. The deictic identification of similarityEkkehard König | pp. 143–164
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Part II. Case studies from around the world
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Chapter 6. Comparison, similarity and simulation in Zaar, a Chadic language of NigeriaBernard Caron | pp. 167–188
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Chapter 7. Similative, equative, and comparative constructions in Beja (North-Cushitic)Martine Vanhove | pp. 189–212
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Chapter 8. Expressing comparison in Gbaya, a Ubangian language of the Central African RepublicPaulette Roulon-Doko | pp. 213–238
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Chapter 9. Expressing similarity in Yulu and other Sara-Bongo-Bagirmi languages (Central Africa)Pascal Boyeldieu | pp. 239–258
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Chapter 10. Similarity, equality and the like in North SaamiJussi Ylikoski | pp. 259–290
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Chapter 11. Comparative, similative, and equative constructions in Mon: Form, function, and developmentMathias Jenny | pp. 291–320
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Chapter 12. Multifunctionality and polysemy of the similative marker =kán in PeshClaudine Chamoreau | pp. 321–338
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Part III. Similative constructions and language contact: The Ethiopian Language Area
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Chapter 13. Similative morphemes and their grammaticalisations in YemsaSilvia Zaugg-Coretti | pp. 341–358
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Chapter 14. The morpheme ‑(ä)ŋä in Xamtanga: Functions and grammaticalisation targetsChloé Darmon | pp. 359–386
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Chapter 15. Similarity and related functions in LibidoJoachim Crass | pp. 387–418
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Language index
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Name index
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Subject index
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009060: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax