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The polyfunctionality of 'still' expressions

The polyfunctionality of 'still' expressions

Hardcover

Linguistics

ISBN10: 3985541043
ISBN13: 9783985541041
Publisher: Language Science Press
Published: Jun 28 2024
Pages: 784
Weight: 3.16
Height: 1.63 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Expressions from the semasiological domain of phasal polarity (ʻstillʼ, ʻalreadyʼ, etc.) tend to be highly polyfunctional, with their various uses often extending into a wide range of other linguistic domains, both time-related and non-temporal. Yet these patterns have hitherto been investigated mostly for individual languages or smaller groups. This volume presents the first ever larger-scale survey of the numerous functions of expressions whose meanings include the notion of ʻstill', making use of a global sample of 76 varieties from 45 distinct phyla. It is aimed at semanticists, typologists and descriptive grammarians alike.

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