Locative terms and spatial frames of reference in Wan
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Summary
This analysis is based on the notion of internal asymmetry of the reference object, which allows the body part postpositions to pick out a spatial region in a way that is independent of the object's actual orientation.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2008-01-01
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 13
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Keywords
Locative case, Grammaticalization, Linguistics, Interpretation (philosophy), Object (grammar)
References
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- Subcategorization pattern and lexical meaning of motion verbs: a study of the source/goal ambiguity
- Distributed Spatial Semantics
- Where Do Cardinal Direction Terms Come From
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- Thing-place distinction and localizer distribution in Chinese directed motion construction
- Verb phrase external arguments in Mande
- Frames of reference in discourse: Spatial descriptions in Bashkir (Turkic)
- Verb phrase external arguments in Mande: New evidence for obligatory extraposition
- Cognitive Linguistics
- New Developments in the Quantitative Study of Languages
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