few other means are available. In this volume, Alexandra Aikhenvald seeks to answer unresolved questions such as: What are...... more

few other means are available. In this volume, Alexandra Aikhenvald seeks to answer unresolved questions such as: What are...... more

plays in human cognition. Examples are drawn from all over the world, with a special focus on Aikhenvald’s extensive...... more

Language is a sophisticated tool which we use to communicate in a multitude of ways. Updated and exp... more

Language is a sophisticated tool which we use to communicate in a multitude of ways. Updated and exp... more

This volume offers a thorough, systematic, and crosslinguistic account of evidentiality, the linguis... more

This book focuses on the form and the function of commands--directive speech acts such as pleas, ent... more

The Grammar of Knowledge offers both a linguistic and anthropological perspective on the expression ... more

(such as body and plant parts), and blood and affinal kinship relations. As Professor Aikhenvald shows in her extensive...... more

concluding synthesis is provided by Professor Aikhenvald....... more

. Alexandra Aikhenvald examines the ways of framing commands, or command strategies, in languages that do not have special...... more

This book presents a wealth of information on some of the most interesting languages in the world, m... more

The present volume examines the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation. I... more

This book explores the variety of types of complementation found across the languages of the world a... more

A distinguished international group of scholars analyze the concept of "word" and its applicability ... more

This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out ... more

The Amazon Basin is the least known and the most complex linguistic region in the world today. It is... more

The speakers of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle, traditio... more

A complement clause is used instead of a noun phrase; for example one can say either I heard [the re... more

In a number of languages, scattered across the world, every statement must contain a specification o... more

The studies in this volume suggest that every language has an adjective class, but these vary in cha... more

This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may res... more

This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out ... more

In a number of languages, scattered across the world, every statement must contain a specification o... more

The studies in this volume suggest that every language has an adjective class, but these vary in cha... more

The speakers of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle, traditio... more

Almost all languages have some grammatical means for categorizing nouns. This book provides a compre... more

A distinguished international group of scholars analyze the concept of "word" and its applicability ... more

Almost all languages have some grammatical means for categorizing nouns. This book provides a compre... more

This book presents a wealth of information on some of the most interesting languages in the world, m... more

The Amazon Basin is the least known and the most complex linguistic region in the world today. It is... more

Every society thrives on stories, legends and myths. This volume explores the linguistic devices emp... more

The volume explores the integration of language and society as reflected in the grammar of a languag... more

This volume examines the concept of ’word’ in its many guises and across many languages. ’Word’ is a... more

This volume offers a comprehensive account of the typology of noun classification across the world’s... more

This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may res... more

The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality offers a thorough, systematic, and crosslinguistic account of e... more

Knowledge can be expressed in language using a plethora of grammatical means. Four major groups of m... more

The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon, highlighting their...... more

plays in human cognition. Examples are drawn from all over the world, with a special focus on Aikhenvald’s extensive...... more

The Grammar of Knowledge offers both a linguistic and anthropological perspective on the expression ... more

most the most fascinating in the world and many of which are now teetering on the edge of extinction. Alexandra Aikhenvald...... more

(such as body and plant parts), and blood and affinal kinship relations. As Professor Aikhenvald shows in her extensive...... more

unique perspective into the structure and social and cognitive underpinnings of different languages. Alexandra Aikhenvald...... more

Every language has a way of talking about seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. In about ... more

. Alexandra Aikhenvald examines the ways of framing commands, or command strategies, in languages that do not have special...... more

most the most fascinating in the world and many of which are now teetering on the edge of extinction. Alexandra Aikhenvald...... more

The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon, highlighting their...... more

, auxiliaries, co-verbs, phasal verbs, incorporated verbs, etc. Aikhenvald’s long introduction puts the chapters into a single...... more

means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another. Aikhenvald uses the example of...... more

concluding synthesis is provided by Professor Aikhenvald....... more

account of the language and its speakers, Professor Aikhenvald devotes chapters to phonology, grammatical relations, word...... more

The present volume examines the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation. I... more

This book investigates the contact between Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the Vaup s river ... more