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This volume explores the grammatical properties of body-part expressions across a range of languages and language families in the Americas, including Arawakan,
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Authors: Roberto Zariquiey
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This volume explores the grammatical properties of body-part expressions across a range of languages and language families in the Americas, including Arawakan,
Grammar from the Human Perspective
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The papers of this volume investigate how grammar codes the subjective viewpoint of human language users, that is, how grammar reflects human conceptualization.
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Spatial language - that is, the way languages structure the spatial domain – is an important area of research, offering insights into one of the most central
Cognitive Foundations of Grammar
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The main function of language is to convey meaning. Therefore, argues Bernd Heine in these pages, the question of why language is structured the way it is must