Overview

This volume covers such topics as: semantic aspects of morphological typology; relator nouns and postpositions in Tibetan and Burmese; introducing ergative word order via reanalysis; zero anaphora; versatile nominalizations; voice in Seko Padang; and mind, code and text.

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Author:   Joan L. Bybee (University of New Mexico) ,  John Haiman (Macalester College) ,  Sandra A. Thompson (University of California)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9789027221681

ISBN 10:   9027221685
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   23 May 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Instead of an Introduction; 2. From His Colleagues; 3. His Publications; 4. The Essays; 5. Semantic Aspects of Morphological Typology (by Bybee, Joan L.); 6. The Typology of Predicate Case Marking (by Comrie, Bernard); 7. Grammaticalization and the Gradience of Categories: Relator Nouns and Postpositions in Tibetan and Burmese (by DeLancey, Scott); 8. A Typology of Argument-Determined Constructions (by Dixon, R.M.W.); 9. Are Grammatical Relations Universal? (by Dryer, Matthew S.); 10. Introducing Ergative Word Order via Reanalysis: Word Order Change in the Cariban Family (by Gildea, Spike); 11. Living in Three Languages (by Grinevald, Colette); 12. Self-Abasement in Language: A Case Study on the Viability of a Metaphor (by Haiman, John); 13. The Misumalpan Causative Construction (by Hale, Kenneth L.); 14. On Attributive Possession in Kabiye (by Heine, Bernd); 15. When 'Grammar' and Discourse Clash: The Problem of Source Conflicts (by Hopper, Paul J.); 16. A Dynamic Account of Grammatical Function (by Langacker, Ronald W.); 17. On Zero Anaphora (by Li, Charles N.); 18. Head-Marking and Objecthood (by Lichtenberk, Frantisek); 19. Participant and Event Anaphora in Newspaper Articles (by Lord, Carol); 20. Lexical Affixes and Morphological Typology (by Mithun, Marianne); 21. Versatile Nominalizations (by Noonan, Michael); 22. The Maasai External Possessor Construction (by Payne, Doris L.); 23. Voice in Seko Padang (by Payne, Thomas E.); 24. Mind, Code and Text (by Slobin, Dan I.); 25. Index

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