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  The linguistic encoding of placement and removal events in Jahai

Burenhult, N. (2012). The linguistic encoding of placement and removal events in Jahai. In A. Kopecka, & B. Narasimhan (Eds.), Events of putting and taking: A crosslinguistic perspective (pp. 21-36). Amsterdam: Benjamins.

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Burenhult, Niclas1, 2, 3, 4, Author           
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1Language documentation and data mining, ou_persistent22              
2Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_792548              
3Categories across Language and Cognition, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Nijmegen, NL, ou_55211              
4Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: This paper explores the linguistic encoding of placement and removal events in Jahai (Austroasiatic, Malay Peninsula) on the basis of descriptions from a video elicitation task. It outlines the structural characteristics of the descriptions and isolates semantically a set of situation types that find expression in lexical opposites: (1) putting/taking, (2) inserting/extracting, (3) dressing/undressing, and (4) placing/removing one’s body parts. All involve deliberate and controlled placing/removing of a solid Figure object in relation to a Ground which is not a human recipient. However, they differ as to the identity of and physical relationship between Figure and Ground. The data also provide evidence of variation in how semantic roles are mapped onto syntactic constituents: in most situation types, Agent, Figure and Ground associate with particular constituent NPs, but some placement events are described with semantically specialised verbs encoding the Figure and even the Ground.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2008-07-142012
 Publication Status: Issued
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Title: Events of putting and taking: A crosslinguistic perspective
Source Genre: Book
 Creator(s):
Kopecka, Anetta, Editor
Narasimhan, Bhuvana, Editor
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Publ. Info: Amsterdam : Benjamins
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 21 - 36 Identifier: ISBN: 978 90 272 0681 7