Person

by Anna Siewierska

Book Overview

Drawing on data from over five hundred languages, Anna Siewierska compares the use of person within and across different languages, and examines the factors underlying variation. Siewierska demonstrates how person forms vary in substance (how large they are), in the nature of the semantic distinctions they convey (e.g., gender, number, case), and in their use in sentences and discourse. The textbook covers the grammatical category of person, which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521772141
• ISBN13: 9780521772143
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.8"