Reconstructing multifunctionality
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: In this article, the author comments on the views of author Sandra Chung on multifunctionality in Chamorro. She argues that multifunctionality can be understood as a phenomenon distinct from conversion as well as from zero-coded derivation from a common root. According to her, languages that have figured conspicuously in discussions of monolithic category systems show both conversion and real multifunctionality. She discusses the data from Oceanic language Teop spoken in the north-east of the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It shows the same conversion patterns as English language in combination with real multifunctionality.
Source: Theoretical Linguistics
DOI: 10.1515/tl-2012-0006
Author: Eva van Lier
Institution: University of Amsterdam
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4248492433