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- Title
Cut and break verbs in Yl Dnye, the Papuan language of Rossel Island.
- Authors
Levinson, Stephen C
- Abstract
The paper explores verbs of cutting and breaking (C&B, hereafter) in Yl Dnye, the Papuan language of Rossel Island. The Yl Dnye verbs covering the C&B domain do not divide it in the expected way, with verbs focusing on special instruments and manners of action on the one hand, and verbs focusing on the resultant state on the other. Instead, just three transitive verbs and their intransitive counterparts cover most of the domain, and they are all based on exotic distinctions in mode of severancecoherent severance with the grain vs. against the grain, and incoherent severance (regardless of grain).
- Subjects
PAPUA New Guinea; YELE language; VERBS; TRANSITIVITY (Grammar); MOOD (Grammar); LINGUISTICS; DIRECT object (Grammar)
- Publication
Cognitive Linguistics, 2007, Vol 18, Issue 2, p207
- ISSN
0936-5907
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/COG.2007.009