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On understanding grammar
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Thoroughly revised, corrected and updated, On Understanding Grammar remains, as its author intended it in 1979, a book about trying to make sense of human language and of doing linguistics.
| Title |
On understanding grammar / T. Givon, University of Oregon. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Publisher |
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Creation Date |
2018 |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Content |
Intro -- On Understanding Grammar -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Foreword to the 1979 edition -- Preface to the 1979 edition -- Preface to the revised edition -- Chapter 1. Fact, method and explanation: On the recalcitrant legacy of structuralism -- 1.1 Orientation -- 1.2 Saussure's firewall -- 1.3 Structuralism and the philosophy of science -- 1.4 The three dogmas of structuralism -- 1.4.1 Arbitrariness -- 1.4.2 Idealization: Langue vs. parole -- 1.4.3 Segregation: Synchrony vs. diachrony -- 1.5 Latter-day structuralism -- 1.6 Explanatory biology: Aristotle revisited -- 1.7 Synchrony as diachrony -- 1.7.1 Example: The diachronic typology of passive constructions -- 1.7.2 The diachronic provenance of synchronic structural properties -- 1.7.3 Grammatical relations in the passive clause -- 1.8 Closure -- Abbreviations of grammatical terms -- Chapter 2. Toward a discourse definition of syntax: The communicative correlates of grammar -- 2.1 Antecedence -- 2.2 The role of grammar in human information processing -- 2.2.1 Overview: The functional organization of language -- 2.2.2 The conceptual lexicon -- 2.2.3 Propositional information -- 2.2.4 Multi-propositional discourse -- 2.2.5 The interaction between words, propositions and discourse -- 2.3 The communicative function of grammar -- 2.3.1 Grammar as a structural code -- 2.3.2 Grammar as communicative function -- 2.4 Theme-and-variation in syntax and the markedness of clause-types -- 2.4.1 Overview -- 2.4.2 Theme and variations in syntax -- 2.4.3 The text-frequency distribution of major clause-types -- 2.5 The grammar of referential coherence -- 2.5.1 Preliminaries -- 2.5.2 Discourse structure and referential coherence -- 2.5.3 High-continuity devices -- 2.5.4 Low continuity devices -- 2.5.5 Quantitative text-distribution of referent-coding devices. 2.5.5.1 Preliminaries -- 2.5.5.2 English -- 2.5.5.3 Ute -- 2.5.5.4 Biblical Hebrew -- 2.5.5.5 Spoken Spanish -- 2.5.5.6 Japanese -- 2.5.5.7 Mandarin Chinese -- 2.5.6 Word order and referential continuity -- 2.5.6.1 Word-order and referential continuity in spoken English -- 2.5.6.2 Word order and referential continuity in spoken Ute -- 2.5.6.3 Word-order and referential continuity in Early Biblical Hebrew -- 2.6 Cataphoric aspects of topicality -- 2.6.1 Methodological preliminaries -- 2.6.2 Indefiniteness and cataphoric topicality -- 2.6.2.1 The semantics of reference -- 2.6.2.2 The numeral 'one' as an indefinite marker in Modern Hebrew -- 2.6.2.3 The numeral 'one' as an indefinite marker in Krio -- 2.6.2.4 The demonstrative 'this' as an indefinite marker in English -- 2.7 Voice constructions and cataphoric topicality -- 2.7.1 Anaphoric vs. catephoric zero -- 2.7.2 The functional domain of pragmatic voice -- 2.7.3 Cataphoric zero in passive clauses -- 2.7.3.1 Prelude: Typology and functional domains -- 2.7.3.2 The diachrony of the zeroed-out agents in non-promotional passives -- 2.7.3.3 Diachrony of the zeroed-out agents in promotional passives -- 2.8 Cataphoric zero in antipassive clauses -- 2.8.1 Functional definition of antipassive voice -- 2.8.2 A diachronic typology of zero in antipassives -- 2.8.3 Zero, incorporation, and the rise of antipassive morphology -- 2.9 Closure -- Abbreviation of grammatical terms -- Chapter 3. Negation in language: Between semantics and pragmatics -- 3.1 Logic, psycho-logic and pragmatics -- 3.2 The puzzling distributional restrictions on referring indefinite objects -- 3.3 The communicative pragmatics of negation -- 3.4 Negative assertion as a distinct speech-act -- 3.5 The cognitive status of negation -- 3.5.1 Change vs. stasis -- 3.5.2 The ontology of negative events -- 3.5.3 The ontology of negative states. 3.6 The scope of negation -- 3.6.1 Presupposition, assertion and negation -- 3.6.2 Negation and contrastive focus -- 3.6.3 Negation and optional constituents -- 3.6.4 Grammatical marking the scope of assertion - and negation -- 3.7 Negation and social interaction -- 3.8 Closure -- Abbreviations of grammatical terms -- Chapter 4. The grammar of case: Semantic role, pragmatic function, morphology and syntactic control -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Clausal participants and semantic roles -- 4.2.1 States, events, and actions -- 4.2.2 Semantic roles -- 4.2.3 Grammatical roles -- 4.2.4 Topicality and grammatical relations -- 4.3 The accessibility hierarchy: Government of complex construction -- 4.3.1 Preliminaries -- 4.3.2 Functional definition of relative clauses -- 4.3.2.1 Anaphoric grounding: Restrictive rel-clauses modifying definite head nouns -- 4.3.2.2 Cataphoroic grounding: Restrictive rel clause with indefinite head nouns -- 4.3.2.3 Ancilliary asserted information: Non-restrictive rel-clauses -- 4.3.3 The cross-language typology of rel-clauses -- 4.3.3.1 Preamble: The case-role recoverability problem -- 4.3.3.2 The zero-cum-gap strategy: Japanese -- 4.3.3.3 Clause chaining and anaphoric pronouns: Bambara and Hittite -- 4.3.3.4 The anaphoric pronoun or pronominal agreement strategy: Hebrew -- 4.3.3.5 Nominalized rel-clauses: Ute -- 4.3.3.6 Case-marked demonstrative pronouns and Y-movement: German -- 4.3.3.7 The verb-coding relativization strategy -- 4.4 Discussion -- Abbreviations of grammatical terms -- Chapter 5. From discourse to syntax: Grammar as a processing strategy -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The diachrony of syntacticization -- 5.2.1 Overview -- 5.2.2 From topic to subject -- 5.2.3 From topicalization to passivization -- 5.2.4 From conjoined clauses to embedded relative clause -- 5.2.5 From conjoined to embedded verb complements. 5.2.6 Resultative verb compounds in Mandarin -- 5.2.7 Complex possessive constructions -- 5.2.8 Focus clauses and wh-questions -- 5.2.9 From clause-chaining to serial-verb clauses -- 5.2.10 Interim summary -- 5.3 Pidgin vs. Creole language -- 5.4 Child vs. adult language -- 5.5 Oral informal speech vs. formal written discourse -- 5.6 Discussion -- 5.6.1 Coding modalities and developmental trends -- 5.6.2 The diachronic cycle -- 5.6.3 Diachrony and typological diversity -- 5.6.4 Universality, evolution and explanation -- 5.6.5 Grammar as an automated processing strategy -- 5.6.6 Postscript -- Abbreviation of grammatical terms -- Chapter 6. Where does crazy syntax come from? -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Crazy synchronic phonology -- 6.3 Case studies -- 6.3.1 The Kimbundu passive revisited -- 6.3.2 The Kihungan cleft and WH-question revisited -- 6.3.3 German rel-clauses revisited -- 6.3.4 Some unintended consequences of compressing chained clauses into serial-verb clauses -- 6.3.4.1 The ba-marked object construction in Mandarin Chinese -- 6.3.4.2 The de-verbal conjunction of Yoruba -- 6.3.4.3 Word-order in Ijo -- 6.3.5 German word-order and tense-aspect renovation -- 6.3.6 The Romance and Bantu object pronouns revisited -- 6.3.7 No. Uto-Aztecan nominalized subordinate clauses -- 6.4 Discussion -- 6.4.1 Naturalness: Commonality vs. ease of processing -- 6.4.2 The temporal curve of the diachronic cycle -- 6.4.3 Naturalness: Synchrony vs. diachrony -- Abbreviation of grammatical terms -- Chapter 7. The SOV mystery and language evolution -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The neo-recapitulationist perspective -- 7.3 The SOV mystery -- 7.4 Extrapolation #1: Canine communication -- 7.4.1 Here and now, you and I, this and that visible -- 7.4.2 Socio-cultural context: The society of intimates -- 7.4.3 Information -- 7.4.4 A note on primate communication. 7.5 Extrapolation #2: Early child language -- 7.5.1 Communicative mode -- 7.5.2 Socio-cultural context -- 7.6 Pre-grammatical pidgin as an evolutionary stage -- 7.7 The evolution of grammar: A hypothesis -- 7.7.1 Ground-zero: Shift of the communicative context -- 7.7.2 Changes in the communication system -- 7.7.2.1 Noun coding: From deixis to well-coded nouns -- 7.7.2.2 Verb coding: From one-word to two-word clauses -- 7.7.2.3 From mono-propositional to multi-propositional discourse -- 7.7.2.4 Grammaticalization as an evolutionary process -- 7.7.2.5 The drift away from SOV -- 7.8 Discussion -- 7.8.1 Vestigial relicts of early communicative modes -- 7.8.2 Recapitulation and developmental trends -- Abbreviation of grammatical terms -- Chapter 8. Language and ontology -- 8.1 Introduction: How real is reality? , -- 8.1 Introduction: How real is reality? , -- 8.2 Intermezzo I: Nature vs. artifice -- 8.3 On construing a universe: Space, time and being -- 8.4 Tao and the un-construed universe -- 8.5 Intermezzo II: Sense, reference and 'The World' -- 8.5.1 Sense vs. reference -- 8.5.2 The domain of reference: The Real World vs. the Universe of Discourse -- 8.5.3 Referential intent -- 8.6 The lexicalization of mundane experience -- 8.6.1 Preamble -- 8.6.2 Nouns -- 8.6.3 Verbs -- 8.6.4 Adjectives -- 8.7 Some evolutionary correlates of spatio-temporal experience -- 8.7.1 Preliminaries -- 8.7.2 Experience in a one-dimensional universe of linear time -- 8.7.3 Experience in a universe of time plus one spatial dimension: Early stationary organisms -- 8.7.4 Motion and the advent of a three-dimensional universe -- 8.7.5 Purposive motion and the advent of agency -- 8.7.6 From purposive motion to causation and agency -- 8.7.7 The ontology of causation -- 8.8 The ontological unity of experience, action and interpersonal behavior -- 8.8.1 Preamble. 8.8.2 Causality, agency and information: Norms vs. counter-norms. |
| Extent |
1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2018 |
| National Library system number |
997010703977505171 |
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