TY - BOOK ID - 7905456 TI - Applicative constructions PY - 2023 SN - 0199270929 9780199270927 1280755156 0191515086 1383041458 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Semantics. KW - Applicative constructions. KW - Verb phrase. KW - Semantics KW - Formal semantics KW - Semasiology KW - Semiology (Semantics) KW - Comparative linguistics KW - Information theory KW - Language and languages KW - Lexicology KW - Meaning (Psychology) KW - Predicate (Grammar) KW - Verb phrase KW - Applicative constructions (Grammar) KW - Applicative constructions KW - Phrasal verb KW - Predicate KW - Verbals KW - Linguistics KW - Philology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7905456 AB - This book presents a typological analysis of applicatives across African, American Indian, and East Asian languages. It also addresses their functions in discourse, the derivation of their semantic and syntactic properties, and how and why they have changed over time. ER -