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syntactic theory in typological perspective
1 online resource (xxvii, 416 pages) : illustrations
In this work, Professor Croft puts forward a new approach to syntactic representation and a new model of how language and languages work.
Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; List of Symbols; PART ONE: FROM SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES TO SEMANTIC MAPS; 1. Syntactic Argumentation and Radical Construction Grammar; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Methodology and Theory in Syntax; 1.3. Constructions and Construction Grammar; 1.4. Distributional Analysis and Cross-linguistic Universals; 1.5. Distributional Analysis and the Representation of Particular Language Grammars; 1.6. Radical Construction Grammar: Frequently Asked Questions; 1.7. Conclusion and Prospects; 2. Parts of Speech.
2.1. Introduction2.2. The Alleged Absence of Parts of Speech in Particular Languages; 2.3. From Lumping to Splitting; 2.4. Conceptual Space, Semantic Maps and a Universal Theory of Parts of Speech; 2.5. Integrating the Language-particular and the Universal in the Representation of Grammatical Knowledge; 3. Syntactic Categories and Semantic Relativity; 3.1. The Relationship between Form and Meaning; 3.2. Hidden Assumptions in Arguments for Semantic Relativity; 3.3. The Dynamic, Fluctuating Character of Linguistic "Relativity."
3.4. Semantic Universals, Relativity, and Radical Construction Grammar4. Clausal Syntactic Roles ("Grammatical Relations"); 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Language Universals without Universal Syntactic Roles; 4.3. Language Universals without Global Syntactic Roles; 4.4. Some Further Complications; 4.5. Conclusion; PART TWO: FROM SYNTACTIC RELATIONS TO SYMBOLIC RELATIONS; 5. Dependency, Constituency, and Linear Order; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Collocational Dependencies as Semantic Relations; 5.3. Constituency and Linear Order; 5.4. Overtly Coded Dependencies; 5.5. Conclusion.
6. A Radical Approach to Syntactic Relations6.1. The Logical Argument against Syntactic Relations; 6.2. Syntactic Relations vs. Symbolic Relations; 6.3. Syntactic Relations vs. Syntactic Roles; 6.4. Comprehending Constructions without Syntactic Relations; 7. Heads, Arguments, and Adjuncts; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Criteria for Headhood; 7.3. Deconstructing Heads; 7.4. A Semantic Definition of "Head"; 7.5. Grammaticalization and the PIBU Profile Equivalent; 7.6. "Heads" and Roots in Morphology; 7.7. The Argument-Adjunct Distinction; PART THREE: FROM UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTIONS TO SYNTACTIC SPACE.
8. The Voice Continuum8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Prelude: Animacy Constraints in Actives and Passives; 8.3. The Structural Variety of Actives and Passives; 8.4. Blurring the Active-Nonactive Distinction; 8.5. A Typological-Universal Analysis of Voice Constructions; 9. The Coordination-Subordination Continuum; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. A Gestalt Analysis of Coordination and Adverbial Subordination; 9.3. E-site Elaboration and the Typology of Complements and Relative Clauses; 9.4. The Syntactic Space of Complex Sentences: the Deranking Hierarchy; 9.5. Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-391) and indexes.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001