{"product_id":"changing-valency-case-studies-in-transitivity-hardback-9780521660396","title":"Changing Valency; Case Studies in Transitivity (Hardback) 9780521660396","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChanging Valency\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCase Studies in Transitivity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDistinguished scholars examine the phenomena of passives and causatives in languages from around the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. M. W. Dixon (Edited by), Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521660396, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 February 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 3.1 cm, 0.835 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'This book is a grammatical sampler, and as such a joy in itself to typologists. Theory falls away, and the languages speak through their interpreters.' Modern Language Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides a general perspective on valency-changing mechanisms - passives, antipassives, causatives, applicatives - in the languages of the world. It contains a comprehensive typology of causatives by R. M. W. Dixon, and detailed descriptions of valency-changing mechanisms in ten individual languages by leading scholars, based on original fieldwork. The sample languages span five continents and every kind of structural profile. Each contributor draws out the theoretical status and implications of valency-changing derivations in their language of study, and the relevant parameters are drawn together, and typological possibilities delineated, in the editors' introduction. The volume, originally published in 2000, will interest typologists, those working in the fields of morphosyntactic variation and lexical semantics, and exponents of formal theories engaging with the range of linguistic diversity found in natural language.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald\u003cbr\u003e 2. A typology of causatives:  Form, syntax and meaning R. M. W. Dixon\u003cbr\u003e 3. Valency-changing derivation in Central Alaskan Yup'ik Marianne Mithun\u003cbr\u003e 4. Transitivity and valency-changing derivations in Motuna Masayuki Onishi\u003cbr\u003e 5. Transitivity in Tariana Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald\u003cbr\u003e 6. Voice and valency in the Athapaskan family Keren Rice\u003cbr\u003e 7. Valency-changing derivations in K'iche' Lyle Campbell\u003cbr\u003e 8. Valency-changing derivations in Dulong\/Rawang Randy J. LaPolla\u003cbr\u003e 9. Valency-changing and valency-encoding devices in Amharic Mengistu Amberber\u003cbr\u003e 10. Complex verb collocations in Ngan'gityemerri: a non-derivational strategy for encoding valency alternations Nicholas Reid\u003cbr\u003e 11. Valency-changing derivations in Tsez Bernard Comrie\u003cbr\u003e 12. Creek voice:  Beyond valency Jack Martin.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Grammar, syntax \u0026amp; morphology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Grammar, syntax \u0026amp; morphology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Grammar,%20syntax%20\u0026amp;%20morphology%20%5BCFK%5D%22\"\u003eCFK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251985535256,"sku":"9780521660396","price":81.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521660396i.jpg?v=1691927847","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/changing-valency-case-studies-in-transitivity-hardback-9780521660396","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}