Point of View and the Semantics of Spatial Expressions in Mushunguli and English

被引:2
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作者
Barlew, Jefferson [1 ]
机构
[1] Ohio State Univ, Dept Linguist, 222 Oxley Hall,1712 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
关键词
LOCATIVES; BANTU; GRAMMAR; PHRASES;
D O I
10.1093/jos/ffu018
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
This article, based on original fieldwork, presents an analysis of locative morphemes in the Bantu language Mushunguli (Somalia). This is the first formal analysis of locatives in any Bantu language. The Mushunguli data motivate the claim that points of view, abstract entities consisting of a location and an orientation, are arguments of some spatial expressions. Incorporating such points of view in analyses of the meanings of English spatial expressions is shown to improve their empirical predictions.
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页码:215 / 267
页数:53
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