This volume presents a crosslinguistic survey of the current theoretical debates around copular constructions from a generative perspective. Following an introduction to the main questions surrounding the analysis and categorization of copulas, the chapters address a range of key topics including the existence of more than one copular form in certain languages, the factors determining the presence or absence of a copula, and the morphology of copular forms. The team of expert contributors present new theoretical proposals regarding the formal mechanisms behind the behaviour and patterns observed in copulas in a wide range of typologically diverse languages, including Czech, French, Korean, and languages from the Dene and Bantu families. Their findings have implications beyond the study of copulas and shed more light on issues such as agreement relations, the nature of grammatical categories, and nominal predicates in syntax and semantics.
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Book Details
Title
The Grammar of Copulas Across Languages
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Publication Year
2019
Product Form
Hardcover
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN13
9780198829850
Book Category
Arts, Language and Linguistic Books
BISAC Subject Heading
LAN006000
Book Subcategory
Language and Linguistic Books
ISBN10
9780198829850
Language
English
Dimensions
Width
25 mm
Height
241 mm
Length
164 mm
Weight
606 gr
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