Languages across boundaries :: studies in memory of Anna Siewierska /

This book is dedicated to Anna Siewierska, who died, far too young, in 2011. It gathers contributions by the foremost scholars in the field of linguistic typology. They discuss topics that are prominent in Anna's work, taking either a typological or a more language specific perspective. Mindful...

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Other Authors: Siewierska, Anna, Bakker, Dik, Haspelmath, Martin, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2013.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book is dedicated to Anna Siewierska, who died, far too young, in 2011. It gathers contributions by the foremost scholars in the field of linguistic typology. They discuss topics that are prominent in Anna's work, taking either a typological or a more language specific perspective. Mindful of Anna's last monograph, Person, the majority of the articles discuss person forms, reference tracking and related issues. Further topics are grammatical alignment, voice, ditransitives, and word order.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 400 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110331127
3110331128