The Samoan Transitive Suffix as an Inverse Marker

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Part I: Image Schemas and Construal Relations
6. Some Properties and Groupings of Image Schemas 3
7. Construal Transformations 17
8. The Role of Figure, Ground, and Coercion in Aspectual Interpretation 33
9. Verb-First Constructions in German 51
10. The Mental Manipulation of the Vertical Axis 69
11. A Prosodic/Pragmatic Explanation for Word Order Variation in ASL with Typological Implications 89
12. Part II: Grammatical Morphemes versus Lexical Units
13. Japanes ni 107
14. Observations on Wanka Quechua Conjecture Marking and Subjectification 129
15. Implementation of the FIGURE-GROUND Distinction in Polish 149
16. Genitives and von -Datives in German 165
17. Two-way Prepositions in German 187
18. Part III: Grammaticalization Processes
19. The Conventional Association of a Lexeme with a Metaphor 207
20. Conceptual Blending 231
21. The Spanish Copulas SER and ESTAR 247
22. The English Tense-System as an Epistemic Category 271
23. From Attribution/Purpose to Cause 287
24. Part IV: Degrees of Transitivity
25. Reflexive Markers in Polish 311
26. Transitivity and the Incorporation of Ground Information in Japanese Path Verbs 329
27. The Samoan Transitive Suffix as an Inverse Marker 347
28. The Transitive-Ergative Interplay and the Conception of the World 363
29. The Relationships between Verbs and Constructions 383
30. German Impersonal Passives 399
31. An Account of Implicit Complement Control in English and German 417
32. Predicate Adjuncts and Subjectification 433
33. Index 451