Grammaticalization of the complex sentence : a case study in Chadic / Zygmunt Frajzyngier.

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Frajzyngier, Zygmunt

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TextSeries: Studies in language companion series ; v. 32.Publication details: Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins, 1996.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 501 pages)Content type:

text

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9789027281999
9027281998

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Grammaticalization of the complex sentence.DDC classification:

493/.7 22

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PL8026.C53 F7 1996eb

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Contents:

GRAMMATICALIZATION OF THE COMPLEX SENTENCE A CASE STUDY IN CHADIC; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PARATACTIC AND SEQUENTIALCONSTRUCTIONS; 3. FUNCTIONS OF COMPLEMENTIZERS; 4. COMPLEMENTS OF VERBS OF SAYING; 5. EMBEDDED INTERROGATIVES; 6. COMPLEMENTS OF VOLITIONAL VERBS; 7. COMPLEMENTS OF VERBS OF PERCEPTION; 8. COMPLEMENTS OF COGNITIVE VERBS; 9. TEMPORAL CLAUSES; 10. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES; 11. THE RELATIVE CLAUSE; 12. SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; INDEX OF TERMS; INDEX OF LANGUAGES; INDEX OF NAMES

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Summary: The general objective of the study is systematic examination of the processes involved in the formation and evolution of complex sentence constructions in a group of genetically related languages. The Chadic language group, at about 140 languages, constitutes the largest and most diversified branch of the Afroasiatic family. One of the findings of the present work is that languages starting from the same base may develop quite different morphological and syntactic structures. With respect to issues of general linguistic interest, the book deals with motivations for grammaticalization: It is pr.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-490) and indexes.

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The general objective of the study is systematic examination of the processes involved in the formation and evolution of complex sentence constructions in a group of genetically related languages. The Chadic language group, at about 140 languages, constitutes the largest and most diversified branch of the Afroasiatic family. One of the findings of the present work is that languages starting from the same base may develop quite different morphological and syntactic structures. With respect to issues of general linguistic interest, the book deals with motivations for grammaticalization: It is pr.

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