Discourse, Grammar and Typology

Name: Discourse, Grammar and Typology | Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar
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Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar

Werner Abraham T. Givón Sandra A. Thompson(Editor)

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Published on 10. February 1995

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DISCOURSE GRAMMAR AND TYPOLOGY
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
Introduction
Curriculum Vitae
Bibliography
SectionI: Transitivity and Voice
Diathesis: The Middle, Particularly in West-Germanic
1. Exposition: The middle as a verbal diathesis
2. Research background, thematic delimitation, and goal of this paper
3. The middle in English and German: Middle constructions vs. middle verbs
4. Generalizations and questions
5. The middle and corefence between subject and the direct object
5.1 Reflexive sich
5.2 The implicit thematic function of the obligatory "middle" adverbial
6. The interrelation between medialization and passivization
7. Agentive interpretation without surface agents
8. The functional and categorial status of es and sich
9. Typological differences: Basic valency identification
10. The Romance type of middle: The Toscan example
10. Conclusion
Notes
References
How Many Transitivisers Are in Kope?
1. Introduction
2. The semantics of Vm-
2.1 Beneficiary
2.2 Recipient
2.3 Addressee
2.4 Undergoer
2.5 Multiple Prefixes
3. The structural characteristics of Vm-
3.1 Syntactic
3.2 Morphological
4. Comparative evidence for the status of Vm-
5. The status of Vm- in Kope
Notes
References
Complement Clauses Versus Relative Clauses: Some Khmer Evidence
1. English
2. Japanese
3. Khmer
4. Conclusions
Notes
References
The two Prototypes of Ditransitive Verbs: The Indonesian Evidence
1. Introduction
2. The DAT/BEN verb-types (prototypes)
3. The LOC/INSTR verb-types
4. The "partial" DAT verbs
5. Summary
6. Passivization
7. Lexical-passive verbs with -kan
8. Interweaving the types of -kan
9. Confounding the use and non-use of -kan
10. English vs Indonesian: Typological difference
11. On Chung (1976)
12. On Hopper and Thompson (1980)
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Section II: Clausal Modality
The Assertion of High Subjective Certaintyin Mufian (Papua New Guinea) Oral Narratives
1. Introduction
2. Mufian background data
3. Function of a' 'certainty'
3.1 a' with irrealis verbs
3.2 a' with realis verbs
3.3 Emphatic strong command
3.4 Contrastive/emphatic topicalization of an NP
4. Conclusion
Notes
References
Appendix 1
On the German werden future
1. Introduction
2. Grammaticalization chains
3. On the development of future tenses
4. The verb-to-future chain
5. On conceptual relationship
6. On modality
7. Conclusions
Notes
References
The Category 'Event' in Natural Discourse and Logic
Preface
1. Eventhood in philosophy and linguistics
2. Event reporting in natural language
2.1 Simple narrative clauses in texts
2.2 Event reporting in vernacular English
Notes
References
Section III: Typology and Discourse Categories
The Category 'S' in English Conversation
Introduction
1. Methods
1.1 Coding difficulties
2. Results
2.1 Subtypes of 'S'
2.2 Animacy
2.3 Anaphoric type
2.4 Person
2.5 Number
2.6 Feature clusters
3. Conclusions
Notes
References
Appendix A
A Semantic Basis for Grammatical Typology
1. Introduction
2. The uniqueness of grammatical and semantic systems
3. Typology and semantics
4. Reflexiveconstructions
5. Transitive constructions
6. Conclusion
Notes
References
Section IV: Language and Culture
Grammatical Signs of the Divided Self A Study of Language and Culture
1. Introduction
2. The idea of alienation
3. Way-stations on the path to alienation
3.1 No representation of the self
3.2 Self address
3.3 Self reference
3.4 Stage fright
3.5 Affectation
4. Mind-body splits: Reflexive pronouns
4.1 Developments in English
4.2 A case of semantic reversal
5. Conclusions
Notes
References
Language and Culture of Inner Asia's Borderland
Introduction
1. Inner Asia's borderlands
2. Cultural and linguistic characteristics
3. Extant research on the borderland
4. The unknown dialects of Baonan
5. Conclusion
Notes
References
Appendix. Map of Chinawith the borderland area shaded in a rectangle
Section V: Functionality
Multifunctionality and the Realization Problem in Modelling Discourse Production
1. Introduction
1.1 Data
2. Trigger choice in Malay
2.1 Trigger choice in primary clauses
2.2 Trigger choice in secondary clauses
3. Distribution in texts
4. Conclusion
Notes
References
Appendix: Glossing Conventions
Towards an Understanding of Linguistic Evolution and the Notion 'X has a Function Y'
1. Introduction
2. Discrimination between grammatical functions
2.1 Some simpler examples
2.2 A complex case: Fore
2.3 A more complex case: Acehnese
3. On methodology and argumentation
4. Conclusion
Notes
References
Lice he no good": On [r] and [l] in Tok Pisin
Introduction
1. Data base
2. Tok Pisin phonology
3. Variability in [r] and [1]
4. Conclusion
Notes
References
Form and Meaning in Morphology
Problems with compositionality in morphology
1. Polyfunctionality in morphology
2. Non-linearity in morphology
3. Subcategorization in morphology
4. Argument structure in morphology
5. Argument satisfaction of word-internal verbs
6. Argument satisfaction of word-internal prepositions
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Subject index
List of Contributors and Editors
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