Encoding of nominal predication constructions: a typological investigation in verb-initial languages-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Encoding of nominal predication constructions: a typological investigation in verb-initial languages

Published:2023-11-06 Issue:0 Volume:0 Page:
ISSN:1430-0532
Container-title:Linguistic Typology
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Author:

Gong Liwei¹,Uehara Satoshi¹

Affiliation:

1. Graduate School of International Cultural Studies , Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan

Abstract

Abstract Encoding of nominal predication constructions (NPC) is an essential component in typological debates concerning lexical flexibility and parts of speech. This study investigates encoding strategies of NPCs in 65 verb-initial languages from 20 language families. The results indicate that the combinations of a zero strategy and certain other typological features are cross-linguistically disfavored due to non-iconicity. The varying degree of lexical flexibility observed among languages reflects a competition between economy and iconicity, as in many other aspects of linguistic diversity.

Funder

Japan Science and Technology Agency (1st author) & Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/lingty-2023-0035/pdf

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