Table Of ContentTypological Studies in Language 125
Typology
of Pluractional
Constructions
in the Languages
of the World
Simone Mattiola
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Typology of Pluractional Constructions
in the Languages of the World
Typological Studies in Language (TSL)
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Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World
by Simone Mattiola
Typology of Pluractional
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Simone Mattiola
University of Bologna
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Table of contents
List of tables
List of figures
List of maps
List of abbreviations xvii
Acknowledgements
chapter 1
Introduction
. Preliminaries
. What is pluractionality?
. Previous studies
.. Dressler (1968)
.. Cusic (1981)
.. Xrakovskij (1997a)
.. Other studies
. Some issues on the cross-linguistic comparison
of pluractional constructions
. The functional-typological approach
. The language sample
. Distribution of pluractionality in the languages of the world
. Outline of the book
chapter 2
The semantic domain of pluractional constructions
. A brief theory of events
. The functional domain of pluractional constructions
.. Core functions
... Pluractionality stricto sensu
... Spatial distributivity
... Participant plurality
... The case of single actions: Singulactionality
.. Additional functions
... Non-prototypical plurality
... Degree
... Reciprocity
.. Rare functions
Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World
. The conceptual space of pluractional constructions
.. The semantic map model
.. Pluractional conceptual space
.. The linguistic bases of the pluractional conceptual space
.. A tentative explanation of the pluractional conceptual space
... Singular functions
... Plural functions
. Linguistic correlations of the pluractional conceptual space
chapter 3
The morpho-syntax of pluractional constructions
. Affixation
. Reduplication
.. Total reduplication and repetition: Grammatical vs. textual/
pragmatic functions
. Lexical alternation
.. Suppletion vs. lexical alternation
. Other marking strategies
. The problem of participant plurality: Syntactic agreement (nominal
number) or semantic selection (verbal number)?
chapter 4
Pluractional constructions: Some case studies
. Pluractionals in Akawaio (Cariban, Venezuelan Cariban)
.. Strategies of marking and functions of Akawaio pluractionals
.. The semantic map of pluractionals in Akawaio
.. The case of the collective -gong in Akawaio
.. Beyond Akawaio: Pluractionality in other Cariban languages
. Pluractionals in Beja (Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic)
.. Strategies of marking and functions of Beja pluractionals
... Strategies of marking pluractionality in Beja
... The functional domain of Beja pluractionals
.. The semantic map of pluractionals in Beja
.. Pluractionality in Cushitic languages: An independent
phenomenon
. Pluractionals in Maa (Nilotic, Eastern Nilotic)
.. Strategies of marking and functions of Maa pluractionals
... Lexical alternation
... Reduplication
.. The semantic map of pluractionals in Maa
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.. The case of directional away/ven: An incoming pluractional
marker?
.. Pluractionality in Maa
. What do these case studies tell us?
chapter 5
Pluractional constructions in cross-linguistic perspective
. Pluractionality as a heterogeneous phenomenon
.. Strategies of marking
.. Diachronic data and sources
... Demonstratives
... Verbs of feeling: Love/like
... Locative or positional verbs: Sit/stay
... Motion verbs: Go
... Pluractional markers as sources for other
constructions
. The categorial status of pluractional constructions
. The language- and construction-specificity of pluractionality
. The definition of a comparative concept for pluractionality
. The relationship between pluractionality and
other types of constructions
chapter 6
Conclusions
appendix i
Language sample
appendix ii
Pluractional constructions of the languages of the sample
References
Index
