Methodologies in semantic fieldwork /

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Imprint:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Description:ix, 353 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10133303
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Other authors / contributors:Bochnak, M. Ryan, editor.
Matthewson, Lisa, 1968- editor.
ISBN:9780190212339
0190212330
9780190212353
0190212357
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. General Overview of Elicitation Techniques
  • 1. A Practical Epistemofogy for Semantic Elicitation in the Field and Elsewhere
  • 2. The Problem with No-Nonsense Elicitation Plans (for Semantic Fieldwork)
  • Part 2. Techniques for Particular Semantic Domains
  • 3. Documenting and Classifying Aspectual Classes Across Languages
  • 4. Investigating Gradable Predicates, Comparison, and Degree Constructions in Underrepresented Languages
  • 5. Targeted Construction Storyboards in Semantic Fieldwork
  • 6. Reasoning About Equivalence in Semantic Fieldwork
  • 7. Investigating D in Languages With and Without Articles
  • Part 3. Using Language-Internal Evidence to Guide Semantic Fieldwork
  • 8. Linguistically Establishing Discourse Context: Two Case Studies from Mayan Languages
  • 9. Semantic Fieldwork on TAM
  • 10. Deriving Topic Effects in Kiowa With Semantics and Pragmatics
  • 11. Reciprocity in Fieldwork and Theory
  • 12. Theories of Meaning in the Field: Temporal and Aspectual Reference
  • Index