A Typology of Reference Systems

by Zygmunt Frajzyngier

This volume offers a typology of reference systems across a range of typologically and genetically distinct languages, including English, Mandarin, non-literary varieties of Russian, Chadic languages, and a number of understudied Sino-Russian idiolects. The term 'reference system' designates all functions within the grammatical system of a given language that indicate whether and how the addressee(s) should identify the referents of participants in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192896431
• ISBN13: 9780192896438
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"