Languages Across Boundaries: Studies in Memory of Anna Siewierska

by Bakker (Editor), Martin Haspelmath (Editor)

This book is dedicated to Anna Siewierska_ who died_ far too young_ in 2011, It gathers contributions by the foremost scholars in the field of linguistic typology, They discuss topics that are prominent in Anna's work_ taking either a typological or a more language specific perspective, Mindful of Anna's last monograph_ Person_ the majority of the articles discuss person forms_ reference tracking and related issues, Further topics are grammatical alignment_ voice_ ditransitives_ and word order,

419 pages, Hardcover

First published August 19, 2013