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8. Men stand, women sit
On the grammaticalization of posture verbs in Papuan languages, its bodily basis and cultural correlates
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Alan Rumsey
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- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- 1. A cross-linguistic overview of the posture verbs ‘sit’, ‘stand’, and ‘lie’ 1
- 2. Semantics and combinatorics of ‘sit’, ‘stand’, and ‘lie’ in Lao 25
- 3. Action and state interpretations of ‘sit’ in Japanese and English 43
- 4. Posture and existence predicates in Dene Suliné (Chipewyan) 61
- 5. Posture verbs in two Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal 79
- 6. The semantic network of Dutch posture verbs 103
- 7. The syntax and semantics of posture forms in Trumai 141
- 8. Men stand, women sit 179
- 9. Posture, location, existence, and states of being in two Central Australian languages 213
- 10. Sit right down the back 239
- 11. Posture verbs in Oceanic 269
- 12. The grammatical evolution of posture verbs in Kxoe 315
- 13. Posture verbs in Mbay 333
- 14. The posture verbs in Korean 359
- 15. Embodied standing and the psychological semantics of stand 387
- Author index 401
- Language index 403
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- 1. A cross-linguistic overview of the posture verbs ‘sit’, ‘stand’, and ‘lie’ 1
- 2. Semantics and combinatorics of ‘sit’, ‘stand’, and ‘lie’ in Lao 25
- 3. Action and state interpretations of ‘sit’ in Japanese and English 43
- 4. Posture and existence predicates in Dene Suliné (Chipewyan) 61
- 5. Posture verbs in two Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal 79
- 6. The semantic network of Dutch posture verbs 103
- 7. The syntax and semantics of posture forms in Trumai 141
- 8. Men stand, women sit 179
- 9. Posture, location, existence, and states of being in two Central Australian languages 213
- 10. Sit right down the back 239
- 11. Posture verbs in Oceanic 269
- 12. The grammatical evolution of posture verbs in Kxoe 315
- 13. Posture verbs in Mbay 333
- 14. The posture verbs in Korean 359
- 15. Embodied standing and the psychological semantics of stand 387
- Author index 401
- Language index 403
