Reflexives : forms and functions / edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Traci S. Curl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frajzyngier, Zygmunt.

Curl, Traci S.

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 40.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constructions réfléchies (Linguistique).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Reflexives.

Grammaticalisation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 286 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The importance of reflexive markers in the study of language structure cannot be underestimated: they participate in the coding of the argument structure of a clause; in the coding of semantic relations between arguments and verbs; in the coding of the relationship between arguments; in the coding of aspect; in the coding of point of view; and in the Coding of the information structure of a clause.The present volume offers an approach to reflexive forms and functions from several perspectives: a formal approach where reflexives are discussed within a well-defined model of language representation; a typological approach; a historical approach concentrating on grammaticalization of reflexives and on the changes that pronouns and anaphors undergo; and a functionalist approach where functions of reflexive forms are described. The languages from which data were drawn represent a wide variety of language families and language types: English, Old English, Dutch, German, Tsakhur (Nakh-Dagestanian), Spanish, French, Bantu and Chadic languages. The variety of languages discussed and the different approaches taken complement each other in that each contributes an important piece to the understanding of reflexives in a cross-linguistic perspective.

Contents:

REFLEXIVES

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Introduction

The fine structure of grammar: Anaphoric relations

Intensifiers and reflexives: A typological perspective

The structural and lexical space between reflexive binding and logophorics: Sundry paradigms of reflexives and anaphora

The typology and grammaticalization of re¯exives

Domains of point of view and coreferentiality: System interaction approach to the study of reflexives

Conceptual distance and transitivity increase in Spanish reflexives

Bound pronouns and non-local anaphors: The case of Earlier English

Reflexives and emphasis in Tsaxur (Nakh-Dagestanian)

What it means to deceive yourself: The semantic relation of French reflexive verbs and their corresponding transitive verbs

Subject index

Author index

Language index

TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE (TSL).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612162855

9781282162853

1282162853

9789027298591

9027298599

OCLC:

70768502