Clusivity
Typology and case studies of the inclusive–exclusive distinction
Editor
This book presents a collection of papers on clusivity, a newly coined term for the inclusive–exclusive distinction. Clusivity is a widespread feature familiar from descriptive grammars and frequently figuring in typological schemes and diachronic scenarios. However, no comprehensive exploration of it has been available so far. This book is intended to make the first step towards a better understanding of the inclusive–exclusive opposition, by documenting the current linguistic knowledge on the topic.
The issues discussed include the categorial and paradigmatic status of the opposition, its geographical distribution, realization in free vs bound pronouns, inclusive imperatives, clusivity in the 2nd person, honorific uses of the distinction, etc. These case studies are complemented by the analysis of the opposition in American Sign Language as opposed to spoken languages. In-depth areal and family surveys of clusivity consider this opposition in Austronesian, Tibeto-Burman, central-western South American, Turkic languages, and in Mosetenan and Shuswap.
[Typological Studies in Language, 63] 2005. xii, 436 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. vii
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IntroductionElena Filimonova | pp. ix–xii
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I. Case studies on special problems of the inclusive-exclusive distinction
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Understanding inclusivesMichael A. Daniel | pp. 3–48
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Inclusive-exclusive as person vs. number categories worldwideBalthasar Bickel and Johanna Nichols | pp. 49–72
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Syncretisms involving clusivityMichael Cysouw | pp. 73–111
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Only you ? Philological investigations into the alleged inclusive-exclusive distinction in the second person pluralHorst J. Simon | pp. 113–150
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Inclusive and exclusive in free and bound person formsAnna Siewierska and Dik Bakker | pp. 151–178
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Inclusive imperativeNina Dobrushina and Valentin Goussev | pp. 179–211
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A typology of honorific uses of clusivityMichael Cysouw | pp. 213–230
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Exclusive pronouns in American Sign LanguageKearsy Cormier | pp. 231–258
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II. Areal and family portraits of the inclusive-exclusive distinction
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Inclusive-exclusive in Austronesian: An opposition of unequalsFrank Lichtenberk | pp. 261–289
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The inclusive-exclusive distinction in Tibeto-Burman languagesRandy J. LaPolla | pp. 291–311
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Inclusive-exclusive distinctions in the languages of central-western South AmericaMily Crevels and Pieter Muysken | pp. 313–339
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Inclusive and exclusive in Turkic languagesIrina Nevskaya | pp. 341–358
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Development of an inclusive-exclusive distinction: A possible loan scenario in MosetenanJeanette Sakel | pp. 359–379
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The inclusive and exclusive in Shuswap: A background investigationJan P.van Eijk | pp. 381–397
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Clusivity cross-linguistically: Common trends and possible patternsElena Filimonova | pp. 399–424
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Index | pp. 425–436
“Let's face it (which is inclusive, while let us isn't), there is now only one really authoritative source of knowledge about (in/ex) clusivity: this book, the work of an international team of experts on that category and the languages that insist on expressing it. No pronouns shelf in a self-respecting private or public library should be missing it.”
Frans Plank, University of Konstanz
“This is a fine, varied collection, which should put the issue of 'clusivity' on the intellectual map.”
Greville Corbett, University of Surrey, Guildford
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2018. Agent-backgrounding in Turkish Sign Language (TİD). Sign Language & Linguistics 21:2 ► pp. 257 ff.
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2020. “We Olaf”: Pro[(x-)NP] constructions in Icelandic and beyond. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 5:1
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Vares González, Elena & Guillermo Lorenzo
2022. Chapter 5. ¿Qué che femos con el che?. In Sound, Syntax and Contact in the Languages of Asturias [Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 36], ► pp. 93 ff.
Wilson, Nick
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Wu, Jianming
2022. The inventory structure of Person in the Chinese dialect of Puxian. Language and Linguistics. 語言暨語言學 ► pp. 634 ff.
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LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General