The Linker in the Khoisan Languages

By:

Chris Collins

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Series:

Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

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The linker introduces ("links") a variety of expressions into the verb phrase, including locatives, the second object of a double object construction, the second object of a causative, instruments, subject matter arguments, and adverbs. This volume collects together Chris Collins's published work on the linker in the Khoisan languages. Here, Collins offers a systematic description of the linker in [lHoã, Ju|'hoan, N|uu, and to a lesser extent !Xoõ and |Xam. For each language, Collins illustrates various uses of the linker, drawing attention to cross-linguistic generalizations as well as to variation between the languages. The work presented in this volume should be of interest to researchers working in a wide variety of syntactic frameworks on different languages of the world.

Author Biography:

Chris Collins is Professor of Linguistics at New York University. He is a syntactician with an interest in African languages and has done fieldwork in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Togo.

Release date Australia

July 4th, 2019

Author

Chris Collins

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

200

Series

Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Dimensions

156x234x13

ISBN-13

9780190921378

Product ID

28507287

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