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Advances in Research on Semantic Roles
Especially in functional-typological linguistics, semantic roles have been studied thoroughly, because they constitute a good starting point for any study on argument marking due to their semantically defined nature. However, the very concept of semantic roles is far from being without problems, and there is still no consensus on how the roles are best defined. In this volume, the notion will be discussed from novel perspectives with the aim of providing new insights into our understanding of semantic roles. Two of the papers deal with semantic role clusters, one with semantic roles in verbless constructions, one with diachrony of semantic roles and two with individual semantic roles that have not been studied in too much detail in previous studies. The book may not offer answers to all questions the readers may have, but at least it raises interesting further questions relevant to arriving at a better understanding of semantic roles.
Originally published in Studies in Language Vol. 38:3 (2014).
Originally published in Studies in Language Vol. 38:3 (2014).
[Benjamins Current Topics, 88] 2016. v, 219 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 24 June 2016
Published online on 24 June 2016
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Recent developments and open questions in the field of semantic rolesSeppo Kittilä and Fernando Zúñiga | pp. 1–26
- Identifying semantic role clusters and alignment types via microrole coexpression tendenciesIren Hartmann, Martin Haspelmath and Michael Cysouw | pp. 27–49
- Semantic role clustering: An empirical assessment of semantic role types in non-default case assignmentBalthasar Bickel, Taras Zakharko, Lennart Bierkandt and Alena Witzlack-Makarevich | pp. 51–78
- Semantic roles and verbless constructions: A Finnish challenge for verb-centered approachesKatja Västi and Seppo Kittilä | pp. 79–108
- Benefaction proper and surrogationFernando Zúñiga | pp. 109–131
- Exploring a diachronic (re)cycle of roles: The Dative complex from Latin to RomanceChiara Fedriani and Michele Prandi | pp. 133–171
- Functive phrases in typological and diachronic perspectiveDenis Creissels | pp. 173–215
- Language index | pp. 217–218
- Subject index | pp. 219–221
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