Studies in Relational Grammar 2

Name: Studies in Relational Grammar 2
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ISBN: 9780226660516

ISBN-10: 0226660516

ISBN-13: 9780226660516

Edition: 1984

Authors: David M. Perlmutter, Carol Rosen

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This work and its companion volume, Studies in Relational Grammar 1, introduce the theoretical constructs of relational grammar. This framework is known for its straightforwardness, for its ability to account for exotic data, and for having sparked a wide-ranging, innovative program of research on syntactic universals and typology. Studies in Relational Grammar 2 features analyses of constructions long regarded as anomalous or problematic. This volume shows how theory and data interact. Ideas such as the Unaccusative Hypothesis and the 1-Advancement Exclusiveness Law have led to new discovering, both cross-linguistic and language-internal, which in turn shed light on such questions as the…

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List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/1984
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 404
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.21" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Carol Rosen is a Professor of Linguistics and Romance Studies at Cornell University. Her work in language typology, grammatical relations, and formal theory design lends a special character to her research in Romance linguistics, ranging over historical and contemporary topics.



Acknowledgments


Introduction






The Inadequacy of Some Monostratal Theories of Passive




The Interface between Semantic Roles and Initial Grammatical Relations







The 1-Advancement Exclusiveness Law




Impersonal Passives and Some Relational Laws




The Indefinite Extraposition Construction in Dutch and German




Personal and Impersonal Passives in Seri







Case Making, Verb Agreement, and Inversion in Udi




Inversion as a Rule of Universal Grammar: Georgian Evidence




Working Is and Inversion in Italian, Japanese, and Quechua




Antipassive: Choctaw Evidence for a Universal Characterization



Index