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The semantics of reciprocal constructions across languages: An extensional approach

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2011

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Majid, A
Evans, Nicholas
Gaby, Alice
Levinson, Stephen C.

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John Benjamins Publishing Company

Abstract

How similar are reciprocal constructions in the semantic parameters they encode? We investigate this question by using an extensional approach, which examines similarity of meaning by examining how constructions are applied over a set of 64 videoclips depicting reciprocal events (Evans et al. 2004). We apply statistical modelling to descriptions from speakers of 20 languages elicited using the videoclips. We show that there are substantial differences in meaning between constructions of different languages.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/24061

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ANU Research Publications

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Reciprocals and Semantic Typology

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/10.1075/tsl.98.02maj

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2037-12-31

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