The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations |
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Author:
| Stolz, Thomas Lestrade, Sander Stolz, Christel |
Series title: | Studia Typologica [STTYP] Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-05-006530-4 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Imprint: | De Gruyter Akademie Forschung |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $162.99USD $179.99USD $140.00USD $188.99 |
Book Description:
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On the basis of a world-wide convenience sample of 116 languages, the distribution of zero-marking of spatial relations over the languages of the world is shown to largely escape any genetically, areally and/or typologically based constraints. The main goal of this book is to firmly establish the cross-linguistic occurrence of the zero-marking of spatial relations and to provide a framework for its study in terms of economy and predictability.
On the basis of a world-wide convenience sample of 116 languages, the distribution of zero-marking of spatial relations over the languages of the world is shown to largely escape any genetically, areally and/or typologically based constraints. The main goal of this book is to firmly establish the cross-linguistic occurrence of the zero-marking of spatial relations and to provide a framework for its study in terms of economy and predictability.