In:Grammar from the Human Perspective: Case, space and person in Finnish
Edited by Marja-Liisa Helasvuo and Lyle Campbell
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 277] 2006
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Published online: 19 October 2006
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.277.toc
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Table of contents
Abbreviations & transcription symbols
Acknowledgementsix
Introduction: Grammar from the human perspective
An introduction to Finnish spatial relations: Local cases and adpositions
Part I: Space and location
Spatial axes in language and conceptualisation: The case of bidirectional constructions
“I woke up from the sofa”: Subjective directionality in Finnish expressions of a spatio-cognitive transfer
Metonymy in locatives of state
Part II: The human perspective
Body part names and grammaticalization
On distinguishing between ‘recipient’ and ‘beneficiary’ in Finnish
Oblique mentions of human referents in Finnish conversation: The effects of prominence in discourse and grammar
Part III: Person
Person in Finnish: Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations in interaction
Zero person in Finnish: A grammatical resource for construing human reference
Passive — personal or impersonal? A Finnish perspective
References
Index of terms
