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Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World

By: Simone Mattiola

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Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World

By: Simone Mattiola

The aim of this book is to give the first large-scale typological investigation of pluractionality in the languages of the world. Pluractionality is defined as the morphological modification of the verb to express a plurality of situations that can additionally involve a plurality of participants and/or spaces. Based on a 246-language sample, the main characteristics of pluractionality are described and discussed throughout the book. Firstly, a description of the functions that pluractional markers cross-linguistically express is presented and the relationships occurring among them are explained through the semantic map model. Then, the marking strategies that languages display to express such functions are illustrated and some issues concerning the formal identification are briefly discussed as well. The typological generalizations are corroborated showing how pluractional markers work in three specific languages (Akawaio, Beja, Maa). In conclusion, the theoretical conceptualization of pluractionality is discussed referring to the Radical Construction Grammar approach.

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John Benjamins Publishing Company

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9027262586

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Drawn and Dangerous

Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s

By: Simone Castaldi

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Drawn and Dangerous

Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s

By: Simone Castaldi

Exploring an overlooked era of Italian history roiled by domestic terrorism, political assassination, and student protests, Drawn and Dangerous: Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s shines a new light on what was a dark decade, but an unexpectedly prolific and innovative period among artists of comics intended for adults. Blurring the lines between high art and popular consumption, artists of the Italian comics scene went beyond passively documenting history and began actively shaping it through the creation of fictional worlds where history, cultural data, and pop-realism interacted freely. Featuring brutal Stalinist supermen, gay space travelers, suburban juvenile delinquents, and student activists turned tech-savvy saboteurs, these comics ultimately revealed a volatile era more precisely than any mainstream press. Italian comics developed a journalistic, ideology-free, and sardonic approach in representing the key events of their times. Drawn and Dangerous makes a case for the importance of the adult comics of the '70s and '80s. During those years, comic production reached its peak in maturity, complexity, and wealth of cultural references. The comic artists' analyses of the political and religious landscape reveal fresh perspectives on a transformative period in Italian history.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1628468394

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9781628468397

Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World

By: Simone Mattiola

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Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World

Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World

Drawn and Dangerous

Drawn and Dangerous

Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World

Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World

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