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Clusivity : typology and case studies of inclusive-exclusive distinction

This book presents a collection of papers on clusivity, a newly coined term for the inclusive-exclusive distinction. Clusivity is a widespread feature familiar from descriptive grammars and frequently figuring in typological schemes and diachronic scenarios. However, no comprehensive exploration of it has been available so far. This book is intended to make the first step towards a better understanding of the inclusive-exclusive opposition, by documenting the current linguistic knowledge on the topic. The issues discussed include the categorial and paradigmatic status of the opposition, its geo
eBook, English, ©2005
J. Benjamins Pub., Amsterdam, ©2005
1 online resource (xii, 436 pages) : illustrations, maps
9789027293886, 9781282156173, 9786612156175, 9027293880, 1282156179, 6612156171
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Print version:
Introduction / Elena Filimonova
Understanding inclusives / Michael Daniel
Inclusive-exclusive as person vs. number catagories worldwide / Balthasar Bickel and Johanna Nichols
Syncretisms involving clusivity / Michael Cysouw
Only you? / Horst J. Simon
Inclusive and exclusive in free and bound person forms / Anna Siewierska and Dik Bakker
Inclusive imperative / Nina Dobrushina and Valentin Goussev
A typology of honorific uses of clusivity / Michael Cysouw
Exclusive pronouns in American Sign Language / Kearsy Cormier
Inclusive-exclusive in Austronesian / Frantisek Lichtenberk
The inclusive-exclusive distinction in in Tibeto-Burman languages / Randy J. LaPolla
Inclusive-exclusive distinctions in the languages of central-western South America / Mily Crevels and Pieter Muysken
Inclusive and exclusive in Turkic languages / Irena Nevskaya
Development of an inclusive-exclusive distinction / Jeanette Sakel
The inclusive and exclusive in Shuswap / Jan P. van Eijk
Clusivity cross-linguistically / Elene Filimonova
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