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This book shows that the grammatical systems of individual languages encode unique semantic structures. It draws on data from eight languages belonging to three branches of the Chadic language family that display locative expressions with semantic and syntactic characteristics that have not been observed or described in other languages.

Produktbeschreibung
This book shows that the grammatical systems of individual languages encode unique semantic structures. It draws on data from eight languages belonging to three branches of the Chadic language family that display locative expressions with semantic and syntactic characteristics that have not been observed or described in other languages.
Autorenporträt
Zygmunt Frajzyngier is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Colorado. His main research interests include foundations of syntax and semantics in cross-linguistic perspective, typological explanations in grammar, grammaticalization, and Chadic and Afroasiatic linguistics. His recent books include The Emergence of Functions in Language (with Marielle Butters; OUP 2020), Language Formation by Adults: The Case of Sino-Russian Idiolects (with Natalia Gurian and Sergei Karpenko; Brill 2021), and A Typology of Reference Systems (OUP 2023).