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Author : Kenneth William Cook
Release : 1988
Genre : Cognitive grammar
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Book Synopsis A Cognitive Analysis of Grammatical Relations, Case, and Transitivity in Samoan by : Kenneth William Cook
Download or read book A Cognitive Analysis of Grammatical Relations, Case, and Transitivity in Samoan written by Kenneth William Cook. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth William Cook
Release : 1988
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Book Synopsis A Cognative Analysis of Grammatical Relations, Case, and Transitivity in Samoan by : Kenneth William Cook
Download or read book A Cognative Analysis of Grammatical Relations, Case, and Transitivity in Samoan written by Kenneth William Cook. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Masayoshi Shibatani
Release : 2006-01-01
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Voice and Grammatical Relations by : Masayoshi Shibatani
Download or read book Voice and Grammatical Relations written by Masayoshi Shibatani. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents thirteen original papers dealing with various aspects of two related areas of research of major concern to linguists of all theoretical persuasions: voice and grammatical relations. The papers are written from typological, functional, and cognitive perspectives, and contain of a number of general studies as well as studies focusing on specific issues, and offer a wealth of data from a broad range of languages. The volume provides up-to-date discussions of an array of issues of theoretical concern, including the nature of grammatical relations, voice in agent/patient systems, the expression vs non-expression of participant roles, and personal vs impersonal passives. The papers in the volume demonstrate that investigations into the nature of voice and grammatical relations can still yield fresh theoretical and typological insights.
Author : Ronald W. Langacker
Release : 2008-02-04
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Cognitive Grammar by : Ronald W. Langacker
Download or read book Cognitive Grammar written by Ronald W. Langacker. This book was released on 2008-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills a long standing need for a basic introduction to Cognitive Grammar that is current, authoritative, comprehensive, and approachable. It presents a synthesis that draws together and refines the descriptive and theoretical notions developed in this framework over the course of three decades. In a unified manner, it accommodates both the conceptual and the social-interactive basis of linguistic structure, as well as the need for both functional explanation and explicit structural description. Starting with the fundamentals, essential aspects of the theory are systematically laid out with concrete illustrations and careful discussion of their rationale. Among the topics surveyed are conceptual semantics, grammatical classes, grammatical constructions, the lexicon-grammar continuum characterized as assemblies of symbolic structures (form-meaning pairings), and the usage-based account of productivity, restrictions, and well-formedness. The theory's central claim - that grammar is inherently meaningful - is thereby shown to be viable. The framework is further elucidated through application to nominal structure, clause structure, and complex sentences. These are examined in broad perspective, with exemplification from English and numerous other languages. In line with the theory's general principles, they are discussed not only in terms of their structural characterization, but also their conceptual value and functional motivation. Other matters explored include discourse, the temporal dimension of language structure, and what grammar reveals about cognitive processes and the construction of our mental world.
Author : Petra Campe
Release : 1994-01-01
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Case, Semantic Roles, and Grammatical Relations by : Petra Campe
Download or read book Case, Semantic Roles, and Grammatical Relations written by Petra Campe. This book was released on 1994-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first of a series of 6 books dealing with case phenomena in different languages, both Indo- and non-Indo-European, resulting from work by a team of 20 specialists at the University of Leuven. It is the first time such a large-scale investigation into case has been undertaken, and a remarkable feature of the project is the use of computer corpora of authentic material. This bibliography presents the many dimensions involved in research into case and case-related phenomena. This includes not only morphological case markers, but also the crossconstituent (semantic and grammatical) relations expressed by morphological case or by its various counterparts; morpho-syntactic processes such as transitivity and passivization; and pragmatic and textual considerations. In addition, the bibliography reflects the implications of case research for other disciplines, such as foreign language teaching and artificial intelligence. More than 6000 publications are listed. An extensive Subject Index provides easy access to all the topics and major concepts covered. A Language Index and a Guide to Languages/Language Families conclude the book. The other volumes in the series include The Dative (2 vols), The Genitive, The Nominative and Accusative, and Non-nuclear Cases.
