Grammatical relations : a functionalist perspective / edited by T. Givón.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Givón, Talmy, 1936-

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 35.

Typological studies in language, 1067-7373 ; v. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammatical categories.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Functionalism (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents a functional perspective on grammatical relations (GRs) without neglecting their structural correlates. Ever since the 1970's, the discussion of RGs by functionally-oriented linguists has focused primarily on their functional aspects, such as reference, cognitive accessibility and discourse topicality. With some exceptions, functionalists have thus ceded the discussion of the structural correlates of GRs to various formal schools. Ever since Edward Keenan's pioneering work on subject properties (1975, 1976), it has been apparent that subjecthood and objecthood can only

Contents:

Grammatical relations / T. Givón

Ergativity and grammatical relations in Karao / Sherri Brainard

Evolution of grammatical relations in Cariban / Spike Gildea

Grammaticalization, clause union, and grammatical relations in Ecuadorian Highland Spanish / Marleen Haboud

The direct object in bi-transitive clauses in Indonesian / Bambang Kaswanti Purwo

Serial verbs and grammatical relations in Akan / E.K. Osam

Zero anaphora and grammatical relations in Mandarin / Ming-Ming Pu

Dative shifting and double objects in Sahaptin / Noel Rude.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-31578-5

9786613315786

90-272-7578-5

OCLC:

756484598