Robert D. Van Valin Jr.
List of John Benjamins publications in which Robert D. Van Valin Jr. is involved.
Journal
ISSN 0213-2028 | E‑ISSN 2254‑6774
Titles
Investigations of the Syntax–Semantics–Pragmatics Interface
Edited by Robert D. Van Valin Jr.
Investigations of the Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface presents on-going research in Role and Reference Grammar in a number of critical areas of linguistic theory: verb semantics and argument structure, the nature of syntactic categories and syntactic representation, prosody and syntax,… read more[Studies in Language Companion Series, 105] 2008. xxiv, 484 pp.
Advances in Role and Reference Grammar
Edited by Robert D. Van Valin Jr.
This volume presents research on major issues in syntactic theory within Role and Reference Grammar. This theory was first presented in detail in Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar [FSUG], and these papers represent both expansions and applications of the theory to a wide range of phenomena.… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 82] 1992. xiii, 569 pp.
2022 Chapter 10. The description of transitive directed motion in Lakhota (Siouan) Neglected Aspects of Motion-Event Description: Deixis, asymmetries, constructions, Sarda, Laure and Benjamin Fagard (eds.), pp. 209–233 | Chapter
Siouan languages such as Lakhota provide an interesting case for the study of transitive directed motion descriptions because of their rich inventory of deictic motion verbs and instrumental (causative) affixes. The goal of this article is to show in detail how the different meaning components… read more
2022 Role and reference grammar Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1171–1180 | Chapter
2018 Chapter 5. Dative case and oblique subjects Non-Canonically Case-Marked Subjects: The Reykjavík-Eyjafjallajökull papers, Barðdal, Jóhanna, Na'ama Pat-El and Stephen Mark Carey (eds.), pp. 115–132 | Chapter
Oblique subjects often occur in the dative case in many languages, and given that dative subjects frequently co-occur with experiential verbs, this has led to the view that dative signals ‘experiencer’, along with its ‘recipient’ meaning with verbs of giving. There are, however, many other uses of… read more
2017 The macro-event property and the layered structure of the clause Studies in Language 41:1, pp. 142–197 | Article
We ask whether there is a “macro-event phrase,” a uniform level of syntax at which complex scenarios may be described as single events under the Macro-Event Property (MEP). The MEP is a form-meaning mapping property that constrains the compatibility of event descriptions with time-positional… read more
2014 Information structure and reference tracking in complex sentences: An overview Information Structure and Reference Tracking in Complex Sentences, Gijn, Rik van, Jeremy Hammond, Dejan Matić, Saskia van Putten and Ana Vilacy Galucio (eds.), pp. 1–42 | Article
This volume is dedicated to exploring the crossroads where complex sentences and information management – more specifically information structure (IS) and reference tracking (RT) – come together. Complex sentences are a highly relevant but understudied domain for studying notions of IS and RT. On… read more
2014 Interfacing the lexicon and an ontology in a linking system Theory and Practice in Functional-Cognitive Space, Gómez González, María de los Ángeles, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez and Francisco Gonzálvez-García (eds.), pp. 205–228 | Article
The aim of this paper is to discuss the repercussions of a conceptual orientation
on two crucial parts of the Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) linking
algorithm, that is, semantic representation and constructional schemas. Firstly,
it is argued that adopting FunGramKB’s notion of conceptual logical… read more
2013 Head-marking languages and linguistic theory Language Typology and Historical Contingency: In honor of Johanna Nichols, Bickel, Balthasar, Lenore A. Grenoble, David A. Peterson and Alan Timberlake (eds.), pp. 91–124 | Article
In her path-breaking 1986 paper, Johanna Nichols proposed a typological contrast between head-marking and dependent-marking languages. Nichols argues that even though the syntactic relations between the head and its dependents are the same in both types of language, the syntactic “bond” between… read more
2012 Some issues in the linking between syntax and semantics in relative clauses Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas: A typological overview, Comrie, Bernard and Zarina Estrada-Fernández (eds.), pp. 47–64 | Article
Relative clauses present an interesting challenge for theories of the syntaxsemantics interface, because one element functions simultaneously in the matrix and relative clauses. The exact nature of the challenge depends on whether the relative clause is externally-headed or internallyheaded.… read more
2009 Role and Reference Grammar Grammar, Meaning and Pragmatics, Brisard, Frank, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 239–249 | Article
2009 Role and reference grammar Handbook of Pragmatics: 2009 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–13 | Article
2008 RPs and the nature of lexical and syntactic categories in
Role and Reference Grammar
Investigations of the Syntax–Semantics–Pragmatics Interface, Van Valin Jr., Robert D. (ed.), pp. 161–178 | ArticleMany syntactic theories assume a universal set of lexical categories, and they further assume these lexical categories are the basis of endocentric phrasal projections in the syntax. Role and Reference Grammar [RRG] makes neither of these assumptions, and in this paper an RRG account of lexical… read more
1995 Role and reference grammar Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 461–469 | Article
1994 Extraction Restrictions, Competing Theories and the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus The Reality of Linguistic Rules, Lima, Susan D., Roberta Corrigan and Gregory Iverson, pp. 243–260 | Article
1992 A synopsis of role and reference grammar Advances in Role and Reference Grammar, Van Valin Jr., Robert D. (ed.), pp. 1–166 | Article
1992 Predicting syntactic structure from semantic representation: Remember in English and its equivalents in Mparntwe Arrernte Advances in Role and Reference Grammar, Van Valin Jr., Robert D. (ed.), pp. 499–534 | Article
1990 Review of Kuno (1987): Functional syntax: anaphora, discourse and empathy Studies in Language 14:1, pp. 169–219 | Review
1990 Layered syntax in role and reference grammar Layers and Levels of Representation in Language Theory: A functional view, Nuyts, Jan, A. Machtelt Bolkestein and Co Vet (eds.), pp. 193–232 | Article
1987 27. Aspects of the interaction of syntax and pragmatics: Discourse coreference mechanisms and the typology of grammatical systems The Pragmatic Perspective: Selected papers from the 1985 International Pragmatics Conference, Verschueren, Jef and Marcella Bertuccelli Papi (eds.), pp. 513–532 | Chapter
1981 Grammatical Relations in Ergative Languages Studies in Language 5:3, pp. 361–394 | Article
Two of the most important issues in the discussion of ergativity concern the pattern of syntactic organization and notion of subject in ergative languages. A number of scholars have claimed that most morphologically ergative languages are in fact syntactically accusative. Data from four ergative… read more
1980 Review of Abraham (1978): Valence, semantic case and grammatical relations Studies in Language 4:2, pp. 293–308 | Review