Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences articles from September 2007

Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences archives from September 2007

The typology and semantics of locative predicates: posturals, positionals, and other beasts.(Introduction)(Report)
September 1, 2007... 1. The linguistic interest of positional verbs This special issue is devoted to a relatively neglected topic in linguistics, namely the verbal component of locative statements. English tends, of course, to use a simple copula in utterances...

Four languages from the lower end of the typology of locative predication *.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Abstract As proposed by Ameka and Levinson (this issue) locative verb systems can be classified into four types according to the number of verbs distinguished. This article addresses the lower extreme of this typology: languages which...

'To sit face down'--location and position in Goemai (1).(Report)
September 1, 2007... Abstract This article discusses the semantics and pragmatics of postural, existential and positional verbs occurring in the basic locative construction of Goemai, a West Chadic language of Central Nigeria. The Goemai system is of special...

Locative construction and positionals in Trumai.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Abstract In Trumai, three constructions can possibly be used as a reply to a where question: (i) a construction with a positional verb, such as 'sit', 'lie', 'stand'; (ii) a copular construction; (iii) a zero-copula construction. In the...

Grounding objects in space and place: locative constructions in Tidore (1).(Report)
September 1, 2007... Abstract This article discusses the contribution of the verbal element in static locative descriptions in Tidore, a Western Papuan outlier spoken in the North Moluccas of Indonesia. Where in most languages the verbal element in these...

Why a folder lies in the basket although it is not lying: the semantics and use of German positional verbs with inanimate Figures (1).(Report)
September 1, 2007... Abstract In this paper we will investigate the meaning and use of positional verbs in colloquial Standard German. Positional verbs are defined as those verbs which may appear in the basic construction that functions as an answer to a...

Laz positional verbs: semantics and use with inanimate Figures *.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Abstract In this article, we discuss the meaning and use of positional verbs in the South-Caucasian language Laz. Positional verbs are defined as those verbs which--in combination with one of several locational verbal prefixes...

The coding of topological relations in verbs: the case of Likpe (Sekpele).
September 1, 2007... Abstract This article examines the grammar, use and meaning of fifteen verbs used in the Basic Locative Construction (BLC) of Likpe--a Ghana-Togo-Mountain language. The verbs fall into four semantic subclasses: (a) basic topological...

Standing divided: dispositionals and locative predications in two Mayan languages *.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Abstract The Mayan languages Tzeltal and Yucatec have large form classes of "dispositional" roots which lexicalize spatial properties such as orientation, support/suspension/blockage of motion, and configurations of parts of an entity with...

Publications received between 2 June 2006 and 1 June 2007.
September 1, 2007... The following list includes recent books potentially relevant to the traditional and/or allied disciplines of linguistics. An effort is made to see that all books of interest to readers of Linguistics are reviewed. Publishers receive two copies...