Studies in Transitivity

ContributorsPrefaceIntroductionValence and Coreference 1. Coreference and Reduction in Clausal Valence 2. Assumptions and Notation 3. The Final Intransitivity of Some Reflexive Constructions 4. Cancellation of 1-Coreferential 3s 5. Cancellation and Motivated Chômage 6. Morphology ReferencesTransitivity and Cognate Objects in Australian Languages 1. Introduction 2. Cognate Object Constructions 3. Conclusions ReferencesThe Interaction of Semantic and Syntactic Functions and French Clitic Case Marking in Causative Sentences 1. The Passive-Active Distinction in Faire + Infinitive Sentences 2. The Relational Approach to French Causatives 3. The Function of the Dative Clitic in Simple Sentences 4. The Function of the Dative Clitic in Active Causative Sentences 5. Toward a Description of Clitic Usage with Faire + Infinitive 6. Conclusion ReferencesThe Absolutive: Its Scope in English and Kalkatungu 1. Grammatical Relations in English 2. Kalkatungu 3. Conclusion ReferencesGrammatical Relations in Huichol 0. Introduction 1. Morphology and Grammatical Relations 2. Syntactic Tests for Grammatical Relations 3. Grammatical Relations in the Passive 4. Verbs with More Than One Object 5. Conclusions ReferencesCase Marking, Phonological Size, and Linear Order 1. Hebrew Et 2. Toward a More General Principle ReferencesTransitivity, Topicality, and the Ute Impersonal Passive 1. Introduction: The Typology of Passivization 2. The Ute Passive 3. Discussion ReferencesPassivization in Modern Western Armenian 1. Introduction 2. Passive and Detransitivized Verbs 3. Passive and Verb Forms with Low Transitivity 4. Conclusion ReferencesHigh Transitivity in Hua 1. The Syntax of "To- Support" 2. The Function of "To- Support" 3. Conclusions ReferencesAspect and Transitivity in (Nicola Lake) Okanagan 1. The Aspect Hypothesis 2. The Customary Involvement Hypothesis 3. The Control Hypothesis 4. Two Definitions of Transitivity 5. Conclusion ReferencesOn the Object Relation in Bantu 1. Grammatical Relations in Bantu 2. Object Properties 3. Access to Object Properties 4. Typology of Object Properties 5. History of Object Properties ReferencesTransitivity in a Czech Folk Tale 1. Introduction 2. The Text 3. Foregrounding and Sequentiality 4. Transitivity and Sequentiality 5. Transitivity and Foregrounding 6. Some Detail 7. Conclusions ReferencesIndividuation Hierarchies in Manam 1. Introduction 2. Ditransitive Verbs 3. Benefactive Construction 4. Source Construction 5. Verbs of Mental Disposition 6. Verbs of Excretion/Secretion 7. Summary ReferencesThe Development of Object Markers in Serial Verb Languages 1. Evidence from Mandarin Chinese 2. Evidence from Akan 3. Evidence from Ga 4. Evidence from Idoma 5. Word Order, Definiteness, Polarity, Aspect, and Pragmatic Function in Discourse 6. Parallel between Diachronie and Ontogenetic Development of Object Coding 7. Conclusions ReferencesOn the Transitivity of 'Say' Verbs 1. Introduction 2. Intransitive Characteristics of 'Say' Sentences 3. The Nontransitive Characteristics of 'Say' Constructions ReferencesProminence, Cohesion, and Control: Object-Controlled Predicate Nominals in Russian 1. Objects as Controllers of Predicate Nominals 2. Rule Conditions 3. Semantic Conditions 4. Conclusions ReferencesChickasaw Agreement Morphology: A Functional Explanation 1. Chickasaw Agreement Affixes 2. The Use of Agreement Affixes as a Function of Transitivity and Involvement 3. Transitivity and Involvement: Conclusions ReferencesSome Semantic Aspects of Yi- and Bi- in San Carlos Apache 1. Descriptions of Yi- and Bi- in Navajo 2.