Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Typology and grammaticalisation
5. Chapter 1. Equative constructions in world-wide perspective 9
6. Chapter 2. Toward a cognitive typology of like -expressions 33
7. Chapter 3. Similarity, suitability, and non-epistemic modalities (volitionality, ability, and obligation) 79
8. Chapter 4. Similative morphemes as purpose clause markers in Ethiopia and beyond 91
9. Chapter 5. The deictic identification of similarity 143
10. Part II. Case studies from around the world
11. Chapter 6. Comparison, similarity and simulation in Zaar, a Chadic language of Nigeria 167
12. Chapter 7. Similative, equative, and comparative constructions in Beja (North-Cushitic) 189
13. Chapter 8. Expressing comparison in Gbaya, a Ubangian language of the Central African Republic 213
14. Chapter 9. Expressing similarity in Yulu and other Sara-Bongo-Bagirmi languages (Central Africa) 239
15. Chapter 10. Similarity, equality and the like in North Saami 259
16. Chapter 11. Comparative, similative, and equative constructions in Mon 291
17. Chapter 12. Multifunctionality and polysemy of the similative marker = kán in Pesh 321
18. Part III. Similative constructions and language contact
19. Chapter 13. Similative morphemes and their grammaticalisations in Yemsa 341
20. Chapter 14. The morpheme ‑ (ä)ŋä in Xamtanga 359
21. Chapter 15. Similarity and related functions in Libido 387
22. Language index 419
23. Name Index 423
24. Subject index 429