Argument structure and grammatical relations : a crosslinguistic typology / edited by Pirkko Suihkonen, Bernard Comrie, Valery Solovyev.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Suihkonen, Pirkko.

Comrie, Bernard, 1947-

Solovʹev, V. D. (Valeriĭ Dmitrievich)

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 126.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Ergative constructions.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Generative grammar.

Typology (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a collection of articles dealing with various aspects of grammatical relations and argument structure in the languages of Europe and North and Central Asia (LENCA). Topics covered with respect to individual languages are: split-intransitivity (Basque), causativization (Agul), transitives and causatives (Korean and Japanese), aspectual domain and quantification (Finnish and Udmurt), head-marking principles (Athabaskan languages), and pragmatics (Eastern Khanty and Xibe). Typology of argument-structure properties of 'give' (LENCA), typology of agreement systems, asymmetry in argumen

Contents:

Argument Structure and Grammatical Relations; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; The editors; The authors; Preface; Introduction; A deceptive case of split-intransitivity in Basque; 1. Introduction; 2. The absolute construction in Romance; 3. The absolute construction in Basque; 4. Reduced relative clauses in Romance; 5. Reduced relative clauses in Basque; 6. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Some argument-structure properties of 'give' in the languages of Europe and Northern and Central Asia; 1. Introduction

2. Dominance of the indirect object construction in the languages of Europe and Northern and Central Asia3. Syntactic primacy and ditransitive constructions; 3.1 Indexing of the object in the verb; 3.2 Advancement to subject under passivization; 3.3 Constituent order; 3.4 Suppletion; 4. Conclusions; Abbreviations; References; Grammatical relations in a typology of agreement systems; 1. Introduction; 2. The rise of grammatical relations; 3. Early ideas on grammatical relations and agreement; 4. Problems with grammatical relations; 4.1 Brother-in-law' agreement; 4.2 Back' agreement

4.3 Possessor phrases5. A typology of agreement using grammatical relations; 5.1 Thematic roles; 5.2 Communicative functions; 6. The role of case; 7. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Causatives in Agul; 1. Introduction; 2. Formal types; 2.1 Periphrastic 'do'-causatives; 2.1.1 Lexical distribution; 2.1.2 Case assignment; 2.1.3 A note on apudelative; 2.1.4 Syntax and morphosyntax; 2.1.5 More on case marking of the Causee; 2.2 Compound 'do'-causatives; 2.2.1 Adjectives; 2.2.2 Nouns and bound stems; 2.2.3 Statives; 2.2.4 Non-stative verbs; 2.2.5 Morphosyntax

2.2.6 Do'-compounds: an overview2.3 Labile verbs; 2.3.1 Intransitive labile or prodrop?; 2.3.2 Semantics; 2.3.3 Labile derivation; 2.4 Lexical causatives; 2.5 Semantically irregular causatives; 3. Semantic contrasts; 4. Overview and east caucasian perspective; Abbreviations; References; Continuity of information structuring strategies in Eastern Khanty; 1. Introduction; 2. Overview of the prototypical clause features; 2.1 Word order; 2.2 Argument structure; 3. Information structuring; 4. Possessive markers and information structuring; 4.1 O-V (objective) conjugation

4.1.1 Structure and motivating factors4.1.2 Word order/syntactic flexibility; 4.1.3 Control over reflexivization; 4.1.4 O-Focus clauses, Q/A sequences; 4.2 Embedded non-finite clauses; 5. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; Patterns of asymmetry in argument structure across languages; 1. Introduction; 2. Hierarchies; 3. Preliminaries; 4. Minimize domains; 5. Minimize forms; 6. Maximize on-line processing; 7. Conclusions; Abbreviations; References; Topic marking and the construction of narrative in Xibe; 1. Introduction; 2. The particle da; 2.1 Candidate position #1

2.2 Candidate position #2

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613776723

9781281154361

1281154369

9789027274717

9027274711

OCLC:

798535921