| The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations Contributor(s): Stolz, Thomas (Author), Lestrade, Sander (Author), Stolz, Christel (Author) |
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ISBN: 3050062762 ISBN-13: 9783050062761 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $179.54 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics - Social Science |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2014017478 |
| Series: Studia Typologica |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.69 lbs) 421 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the basis of a world-wide convenience sample of 116 languages, the distribution of zero-marking of spatial relations over the languages of the world is shown to largely escape any genetically, areally and/or typologically based constraints. The main goal of this book is to firmly establish the cross-linguistic occurrence of the zero-marking of spatial relations and to provide a framework for its study in terms of economy and predictability. |