Motion, transfer and transformation : the grammar of change in lowland Chontal /

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Author / Creator:	O'Connor, Loretta.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in language companion series ; v. 95 Studies in language companion series ; v. 95.
Subject:	Chontal language -- Grammar. Chontal language -- Grammar. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11220356

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ISBN:	9789027291875 902729187X 9789027231062 9027231060
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-247) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Typologies are critical tools for linguists, but typologies, like grammars, are known to leak. This book addresses the question of typological overlap from the perspective of a single language. In Lowland Chontal of Oaxaca, a language of southern Mexico, change events are expressed with three types of predicates, and each predicate type corresponds to a different language type in the well-known typology of lexicalization patterns established by Talmy and elaborated by others. O'Connor evaluates the predictive powers of the typology by examining the consequences of each predicate type in a vari.
Other form:	Print version: O'Connor, Loretta. Motion, transfer and transformation. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007

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