Description: Copulas : Universals in the Categorization of the Lexicon, Hardcover by Pustet, Regina, ISBN 0199258503, ISBN-13 9780199258505, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Copulas (in English, the verb to be) are conventionally defined functionally as a means of relating elements of clause structure, especially subject and complement, and considered to be semantically empty or meaningless. They have received relatively little attention from linguists. Dr. Pustet in this extensive cross-linguistic study goes some way towards correcting this neglect. In doing so she takes issue with both accepted definition and description. She presents an analysis of grammatical descriptions of over 160 languages drawn from the language families of the world. She shows that some languages have a single copula, others several, and some none at all. In a series of statistical analyses she seeks to explain why, by linking the distribution of copulas to variations in lexical categorization and syntactic structure. She concludes by advancing a comprehensive theory of copularization which she relates to cognitive principles and to theories of language change, notably grammaticalization.
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Book Title: Copulas : Universals in the Categorization of the Lexicon
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Copulas : Universals in the Categorization of the Lexicon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: General, Linguistics / General
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2003
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.7 Oz
Author: Regina Pustet
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Series: Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
