The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations

By Sander Lestrade, Thomas Stolz, Christel Stolz

On the basis of a world-wide convenience sample of 116 languages, the distribution of zero-marking of spatial relations over the languages of the world is shown to largely escape any genetically, areally and/or typologically based constraints. The main goal of this book is to firmly establish the cross-linguistic occurrence of the zero-marking of spatial relations and to provide a framework for its study in terms of economy and predictability.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3050062762
• ISBN13: 9783050062761
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: de Gruyter Akademie Forschung
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary