The Linguistics of Sitting, Standing and Lying
Editor
This volume explores properties of ‘sit’, ‘stand’, and ‘lie’ verbs, reflecting three of the most salient postures associated with humans. An introductory chapter by the Editor provides an overview of directions for research into posture verbs. These directions are then explored in detail in a number of languages: Dutch; Korean; Japanese; Lao; Chantyal, Magar (Tibeto-Burman); Chipewyan (Athapaskan); Trumai (spoken in Brazil); Kxoe (Khoisan); Mbay (Nilo-Saharan); Oceanic; Enga, Ku Waru (Papuan); Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara, Ngan’gityemerri (Australian). The contributors discuss data relevant to many fields of linguistic inquiry, including patterns of lexicalization (e.g., simplex or complex verb forms), morphology (e.g., state vs. action formations), grammaticalization (e.g., extension to locational predicates, aspect markers, auxiliaries, copulas, classifiers), and figurative extension. A final chapter reports on an experimental methodology designed to establish the relevant cognitive parameters underlying speakers’ judgements on the polysemy of English stand. Taken together, the chapters provide a wealth of cross-linguistic data on posture verbs.
[Typological Studies in Language, 51] 2002. xii, 409 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. vii
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1. A cross-linguistic overview of the posture verbs ‘sit’, ‘stand’, and ‘lie’John Newman | pp. 1–24
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2. Semantics and combinatorics of ‘sit’, ‘stand’, and ‘lie’ in LaoN.J. Enfield | pp. 25–41
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3. Action and state interpretations of ‘sit’ in Japanese and EnglishJohn Newman and Toshiko Yamaguchi | pp. 43–59
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4. Posture and existence predicates in Dene Suliné (Chipewyan): Lexical and semantic density as a function of the ‘stand’/‘sit’/‘lie’ continuumSally Rice | pp. 61–78
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5. Posture verbs in two Tibeto-Burman languages of NepalMichael Noonan and Karen Grunow-Hårsta | pp. 79–101
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6. The semantic network of Dutch posture verbsMaarten Lemmens | pp. 103–139
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7. The syntax and semantics of posture forms in TrumaiRaquel Guirardello-Damian | pp. 141–177
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8. Men stand, women sit: On the grammaticalization of posture verbs in Papuan languages, its bodily basis and cultural correlatesAlan Rumsey | pp. 179–211
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9. Posture, location, existence, and states of being in two Central Australian languagesCliff Goddard and Jean Harkins | pp. 213–238
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10. Sit right down the back: Serialized posture verbs in Ngan’gityemerri and other Northern Australian languagesNicholas Reid | pp. 239–267
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11. Posture verbs in OceanicFrank Lichtenberk | pp. 269–314
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12. The grammatical evolution of posture verbs in KxoeChrista Kilian-Hatz | pp. 315–331
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13. Posture verbs in MbayJohn M. Keegan | pp. 333–358
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14. The posture verbs in Korean: Basic and extended usesJae Jung Song | pp. 359–385
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15. Embodied standing and the psychological semantics of standRaymond W. Gibbs | pp. 387–400
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Author index | pp. 401–402
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Language index | pp. 403–405
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