
Semantic Structures of Grammatical Systems and Their Realizations
Zygmunt Frajzyngier(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 16. April 2026
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-90-04-75728-8 (ISBN)
Description
The theory proposed in this book enables linguists to explain how utterances are formed in individual languages and why languages differ in how they denote events and states that may appear physically identical.
The formation of utterances is guided by the principle of functional transparency, which consists of three components:
1. Transparency of the utterance's role in discourse,
2. Transparency of the functions selected from the set coded in the grammatical system of the given language,
3. Transparency of the role of each constituent within the utterance.
These principles of transparency are realized through various coding means, including lexical categories, inflectional and derivational morphology, linear orders, prosodic features, adpositions, subordinators, and complementizers.
The formation of utterances is guided by the principle of functional transparency, which consists of three components:
1. Transparency of the utterance's role in discourse,
2. Transparency of the functions selected from the set coded in the grammatical system of the given language,
3. Transparency of the role of each constituent within the utterance.
These principles of transparency are realized through various coding means, including lexical categories, inflectional and derivational morphology, linear orders, prosodic features, adpositions, subordinators, and complementizers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
619 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-75728-8 (9789004757288)
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Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Ph.D. (1968), University of Warsaw, is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the university of Colorado. He has published grammars of West, Central, and East Chadic languages, authored and co-authored monographs on complex sentences, reference systems, locative predications, linguistic theory. He published many articles on semantics, syntax, phonology, and grammaticalization.