In:Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World
Simone Mattiola
[Typological Studies in Language 125] 2019
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Published online: 24 April 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.125.toc
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Table of contents
List of tables
xi
List of figures
xiii
List of maps
xv
List of abbreviations
xvii
Acknowledgements
xxiii
Chapter 1.Introduction
1
1.1Preliminaries
1
1.2What is pluractionality?
2
1.3Previous studies
4
1.3.1Dressler (1968)
5
1.3.2Cusic (1981)
6
1.3.3Xrakovskij (1997a)
8
1.3.4Other studies
11
1.4Some issues on the cross-linguistic comparison of pluractional constructions?
12
1.5The functional-typological approach
14
1.6The language sample
15
1.7Distribution of pluractionality in the languages of the world
17
1.8Outline of the book
18
Chapter 2.The semantic domain of pluractional constructions
19
2.1A brief theory of events
20
2.2The functional domain of pluractional constructions
21
2.2.1Core functions
22
2.2.1.1Pluractionality stricto sensu
22
2.2.1.2Spatial distributivity
25
2.2.1.3Participant plurality
26
2.2.1.4The case of single actions: Singulactionality
28
2.2.2Additional functions
30
2.2.2.1Non-prototypical plurality
31
2.2.2.2Degree
36
2.2.2.3Reciprocity
39
2.2.3Rare functions
40
2.3The conceptual space of pluractional constructions
43
2.3.1The semantic map model
43
2.3.2Pluractional conceptual space
44
2.3.3The linguistic bases of the pluractional conceptual space
45
2.3.4The linguistic bases of the pluractional conceptual space
54
2.3.4.1Singular functions
54
2.3.4.2Plural functions
55
2.4Linguistic correlations of the pluractional conceptual space
62
Chapter 3.The morpho-syntax of pluractional constructions
65
3.1Affixation
66
3.2Reduplication
68
3.2.1Total reduplication and repetition: Grammatical vs. textual/pragmatic functions
71
3.3Lexical alternation
75
3.3.1Suppletion vs. lexical alternation
78
3.4Other marking strategies
82
3.5The problem of participant plurality: Syntactic agreement (nominal number) or semantic selection (verbal
number)?
86
Chapter 4.Pluractional constructions: Some case studies
95
4.1Pluractionals in Akawaio (Cariban, Venezuelan Cariban)
96
4.1.1Strategies of marking and functions of Akawaio pluractionals
97
4.1.2The semantic map of pluractionals in Akawaio
101
4.1.3The case of the collective -gong in Akawaio
104
4.1.4Beyond Akawaio
106
4.2Pluractionals in Beja (Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic)
111
4.2.1Strategies of marking and functions of Beja pluractionals
112
4.2.1.1Strategies of marking pluractionality in Beja
112
4.2.1.2The functional domain of Beja pluractionals
115
4.2.2The semantic map of pluractionals in Beja
121
4.2.3Pluractionality in Cushitic languages: An independent phenomenon
122
4.3Pluractionals in Maa (Nilotic, Eastern Nilotic)
126
4.3.1Strategies of marking and functions of Maa pluractionals
127
4.3.1.1Lexical alternation
127
4.3.1.2Reduplication
130
4.3.2The semantic map of pluractionals in Maa
134
4.3.3The case of directional away/ven
136
4.3.4Pluractionality in Maa
141
4.4What do these case studies tell us?
142
Chapter 5.Pluractional constructions in cross-linguistic perspective
143
5.1Pluractionality as a heterogeneous phenomenon
143
5.1.1Strategies of marking
145
5.1.2Diachronic data and sources
149
5.1.2.1Demonstratives
150
5.1.2.2Verbs of feeling: Love/like
153
5.1.2.3Locative or positional verbs: Sit/stay
154
5.1.2.4Motion verbs: Go
156
5.1.2.5Pluractional markers as sources for other constructions
157
5.2The categorial status of pluractional constructions
159
5.3The language- and construction-specificity of pluractionality
161
5.4The definition of a comparative concept for pluractionality
163
5.5The relationship between pluractionality and other types of constructions
164
Chapter 6.Conclusion
167
Appendix I.Language sample
171
Appendix II.Pluractional constructions of the languages of the sample
183
References
217
Index
235
