LINGUIST List 17.388

Mon Feb 06 2006

Books: Syntax/Typology: Libert

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Directory         1.    Ulrich Lueders, Ambipositions: Libert
Message 1: Ambipositions: Libert
Date: 25-Jan-2006
From: Ulrich Lueders <lincom.europat-online.de>
Subject: Ambipositions: Libert


Title: Ambipositions Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Language Typology 13 Published: 2006 Publisher: Lincom GmbH
                http://www.lincom.at

Author: Alan Reed Libert, University of Newcastle Paperback: ISBN: 3895867470 Pages: 106 Price: Europe EURO 42.00
Paperback: ISBN: 3895867470 Pages: 106 Price: U.S. $ 51.50
Paperback: ISBN: 3895867470 Pages: 106 Price: U.K. £ 29.40
Abstract:

Two major categories of relational words are prepositions and positions,the difference between them having to do with whether they precede orfollow their object. There is a relatively small group of words of the samegeneral type which can be placed either before or after their object.

Such words have been given the name ambipositions. A possible (though notuncontroversial) example from English is through, e.g. he walked throughthe forest and he slept the whole night through. Other examples are Germanentlang and Ancient Greek peri. This book is a detailed examination of thisunusual type of word.

Contents:PrefaceAbbreviations1 Introduction2 Ambipositions with Simple Behavior3 Meaning Differences Depending on Position4 Ambipositions with Case Marking Differences in Different Positions5 Differences in Types of Complement Allowed6 Differences in Form of Prepositional and Postpositional Occurrences7 Ambipositions from an Historical Point of View8 Conclusion, References.

(with examples from Old and Middle English, French, Dutch, German,Scandinavian Languages, Latin, Greek, Old Indic Languages, Modern IndicLanguages, Armenian, Baltic Languages, Polish, Estonian, Finnish, otherFinno-Saamic Languages, Hungarian, Old Georgian and Georgian, Berbice DutchCreole, Uralic Languages, North Arawak Languages, Vedic, Slovenian, ItalicLanguages, Sindhi, Tetelcingo Nahuatl).

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics                             Syntax                             Typology
Subject Language(s): Armenian (hye)                             Arawak (arw)                             Berbice Creole Dutch (brc)                             Dutch (nld)                             Estonian (est)                             Finnish (fin)                             French (fra)                             Georgian (kat)                             German, Standard (deu)                             Greek (ell)                             Hungarian (hun)                             Latin (lat)                             Nahuatl, Tetelcingo (nhg)                             Polish (pol)                             Sanskrit (san)                             Slovenian (slv)                             Sindhi (snd)                             Middle English (enm)                             Old English (ang)                             Old Georgian (oge) Language Family(ies): Baltic                             East Scandinavian                             Finno-Lappic                             Indo-Aryan                             Italic                             Uralic                             West Scandinavian
Written In: English (eng )

See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=18032


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