The language of memory in a crosslinguistic perspective
This paper provides a brief grammatical overview of a number of constructions based on verbs of memory in Amharic. We show that the same verb can mean 'x remember y' or 'x remind y' depending on the syntactic context. Remember is a subject-experiencer predicate, in that the exper...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co
c2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Human cognitive processing ;
v. 21. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798375206719 |
| Summary: | This paper provides a brief grammatical overview of a number of constructions based on verbs of memory in Amharic. We show that the same verb can mean 'x remember y' or 'x remind y' depending on the syntactic context. Remember is a subject-experiencer predicate, in that the experiencer is mapped on to subject position. The subject pronominal suffix on the verb agrees with the experiencer argument. In the case of 'remind', the experiencer is mapped onto object position and agrees with an optional object pronominal suffix on the verb. |
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| Item Description: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781282152458 9786612152450 9789027291790 |
