LINGUIST List 22.384 Sat Jan 22 2011 Books: Syntax/Typology/Semantics: Clancy Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Paul Peranteau , The Chain of Being and Having in Slavic: Clancy Message 1: The Chain of Being and Having in Slavic: Clancy Date: 21-Jan-2011 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: The Chain of Being and Having in Slavic: Clancy E-mail this message to a friend Title: The Chain of Being and Having in Slavic Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series 122 Published: 2010 Publisher: John Benjamins                 http://www.benjamins.com/ Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SLCS%20122 Author: Steven J. Clancy Electronic: ISBN: 9789027287427 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 149.00 Electronic: ISBN: 9789027287427 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 99.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027205896 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 99.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027205896 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 104.94 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027205896 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 149.00 Abstract: The complex diachronic and synchronic status of the concepts be and have can be understood only with consideration of their full range of constructions and functions. Data from modern Slavic languages (Russian, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian) provides a window into zero copulas, non-verbal have expressions, and verbal constructions. From the perspective of cognitive linguistics, be and have are analyzed in terms of a blended prototype model, wherein existence/copula for be and possession/relationship for have are inseparably combined. These concepts are related to each other in their functions and meanings and serve as organizing principles in a conceptual network of semantic neighbors, including give, take, get, become, make, and verbs of position and motion. Renewal and replacement of be and have occur through processes of polysemization and suppletization involving lexical items in this network. Topics include polysemy, suppletion, tense/mood auxiliaries, modality, causatives, evidentiality, function words, contact phenomena, syntactic calques, and idiomatic constructions. Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science                             Morphology                             Semantics                             Sociolinguistics                             Syntax Language Family(ies): Slavic Subgroup Written In: English (eng ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=52828 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Brill http://www.brill.nl Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.org Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/ Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Lincom GmbH http://www.lincom.eu MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/ Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com Rodopi http://www.rodopi.nl/ University of Toronto Press http://www.utpjournals.com/ ---------------------- Other Supporting Publishers ---------------------- Page Updated: 22-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.