Valency Classes In The Worlds Languages Introducing The Framework And Case Studies From Africa And Eurasia

Download or read book Valency Classes in the World's Languages written by Andrej Malchukov and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volumes deal with cross-linguistic variation in valency classes in terms of argument coding and argument alternations. The first systematic typological attempt to uncover the universal and the language-particular in this area, the work includes synoptic introductory articles, 30 in-depth questionnaire-based studies of valency classes in languages from across the world, and featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field.