Advances in Role and Reference Grammar (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556195524 ISBN 13: 9781556195525

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1992

Synopsis

This volume presents research on major issues in syntactic theory within Role and Reference Grammar. This theory was first presented in detail in Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar [FSUG], and these papers represent both expansions and applications of the theory to a wide range of phenomena. The first section contains an introduction to the theory which is the most thorough statement of it since FSUG, summarizing the features of Role and Reference Grammar established there and developing new theoretical components and analyses of syntactic phenomena not discussed in the earlier work. Throughout the discussion features of RRG are compared and contrasted with comparable features of other syntactic theories. The remainder of the volume is devoted to detailed analyses of specific problems, e.g. control, case marking, in a wide variety of languages, e.g. Mandarin Chinese, Nootka, Mparntwe Arrernte and Turkish. Thus the works presented here illustrate well the strong cross-linguistic approach to syntactic theory and description in Role and Reference Grammar.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1556195524
• ISBN 13: 9781556195525
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 583
• Editor: Van Valin Jr. Robert D.