Query Details
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Analysis of 'Other' in Any Language, Any Theory
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| Author: | Thomas Hanke | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Syntax
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| Query: |
Dear linguists,
I would like to ask you for help in -literally- an 'other' problem. My developing PhD thesis has bi-partite reciprocity expressions like ''each other'' and ''one another'' as a main topic. In the last months, I have been able to find only marginal remarks on 'other' and similar concepts - usual as an explanation for other phenomena like focus particles or anaphora ('no-one else', 'no other person'). The usual semantic analyses mention only membership in the same category and distinction from one member with no further details. In reference grammars and descriptions of numeral systems, I found some hints, mainly that the functional range of 'other' expressions is not obligatorily similar to European languages. "'Other"', "'else"', and their counterparts in other languages are obviously not the best keywords to search for. I will be glad to get hints to any research on 'other,else' and related notions. Any perspective, theory, language is welcome. Some topics that came to my mind are the relation to, and interaction with: - indefiniteness, definiteness, reference, - deictics, pronouns - quantifiers, groups, genericity - discourse organization, 'the first' versus 'the other(s)', - different conceptual fields like space, time, - membership in and compatibility with word-classes Thank you for your interest! I will post a summary. Thomas Hanke Berlin Utrecht project group ''A typology of reciprocal markers: Analysis and documentation'' |
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| LL Issue: | 17.1658 | |
| Date posted: | 01-Jun-2006 | |
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