Catching language : the standing challenge of grammar writing /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
M. de Gruyter,
2006
Berlin ; New York : c2006 Berlin ; New York : 2006 |
| Series: | Trends in linguistics Studies and monographs ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Catching language / Nicholas Evans, Alan Dench 1
- Grammaticography: The art and craft of writing grammars / Ulrike Mosel 41
- Real descriptions: Reflections on native speaker and non-native speaker descriptions of a language / Felix K. Ameka 69
- Realizing Humboldt's dream: Cross-linguistic grammatography as data-base creation / Dietmar Zaefferer 113
- The organization of reference grammars: A typologist user's point of view / Sonia Cristofaro 137
- Calculus of possibilities as a technique in linguistic typology / Igor Mel 'cuk 171
- Descriptive theories, explanatory theories, and Basic Linguistic Theory / Matthew S. Dryer 207
- Let the language tell its story? The role of linguistic theory in writing grammars / Keren Rice 235
- On describing word order / Randy LaPolla, Dory Poa 269
- Heterosemy and the grammar-lexicon trade-off / N. J. Enfield 297
- Field semantics and grammar-writing: Stimuli-based techniques and the study of locative verbs / Birgit Hellwig 321
- Taking a closer look at function verbs: Lexicon, grammar, or both? / Eva Schultze-Berndt 359
- Converbs in an African perspective / Azeb Amha, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal 393
- From Eurocentrism to Sinocentrism: The case of disposal constractions in Sinitic languages / Hilary Chappell 441
- How to miss a paradigm or two: Multifunctional ma- in Tagalog / Nikolaus P. Himmelmann 487
- The interplay of synchronic and diachronic discovery in Siouan grammar-writing / Robert L. Rankin 527
- The historical and cultural dimensions in grammar formation: The case of Modern Greek / Brian D. Joseph 549
- Polylectal grammar and Royal Thai / Tony Diller 565
- Writing culture in grammar in the Americanist tradition / Jane H. Hill 609
- Language index 643
- Introduction: Catching language / Nicholas Evans, Alan Dench 1
- Grammaticography: The art and craft of writing grammars / Ulrike Mosel 41
- Real descriptions: Reflections on native speaker and non-native speaker descriptions of a language / Felix K. Ameka 69
- Realizing Humboldt's dream: Cross-linguistic grammatography as data-base creation / Dietmar Zaefferer 113
- The organization of reference grammars: A typologist user's point of view / Sonia Cristofaro 137
- Calculus of possibilities as a technique in linguistic typology / Igor Mel 'cuk 171
- Descriptive theories, explanatory theories, and Basic Linguistic Theory / Matthew S. Dryer 207
- Let the language tell its story? The role of linguistic theory in writing grammars / Keren Rice 235
- On describing word order / Randy LaPolla, Dory Poa 269
- Heterosemy and the grammar-lexicon trade-off / N.J. Enfield 297
- Field semantics and grammar-writing: Stimuli-based techniques and the study of locative verbs / Birgit Hellwig 321
- Taking a closer look at function verbs: Lexicon, grammar, or both? / Eva Schultze-Berndt 359
- Converbs in an African perspective / Azeb Amha, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal 393
- From Eurocentrism to Sinocentrism: The case of disposal constractions in Sinitic languages / Hilary Chappell 441
- How to miss a paradigm or two: Multifunctional ma- in Tagalog / Nikolaus P. Himmelmann 487
- The interplay of synchronic and diachronic discovery in Siouan grammar-writing / Robert L. Rankin 527
- The historical and cultural dimensions in grammar formation: The case of Modern Greek / Brian D. Joseph 549
- Polylectal grammar and Royal Thai / Tony Diller 565
- Writing culture in grammar in the Americanist tradition / Jane H. Hill 609
- Language index 643