Ken-ichi Takami

List of John Benjamins publications in which Ken-ichi Takami is involved.

Titles

Functional Constraints in Grammar: On the unergative–unaccusative distinction

Susumu Kuno and Ken-ichi Takami

This book examines in detail the acceptability status of sentences in the following five English constructions, and elucidates the syntactic, semantic, and functional requirements that the constructions must satisfy in order to be appropriately used: There-Construction, (One’s) Way Construction,… read more

[Constructional Approaches to Language, 1] 2004. ix, 242 pp.

Function and Structure: In honor of Susumu Kuno

Edited by Akio Kamio and Ken-ichi Takami

This collection of papers on functional syntax shows the development of a specific stream of functional linguistics initiated by Susumu Kuno of Harvard University. Inspired by Prague School linguists such as Jan Firbas and Vilém Mathesius, Kuno developed a more comprehensive and theory-oriented… read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 59] 1999. x, 398 pp.

Articles

Kamio, Akio and Ken-ichi Takami 1999 Preface Function and Structure: In honor of Susumu Kuno, Kamio, Akio and Ken-ichi Takami (eds.), pp. ix–x | Preface

Takami, Ken-ichi 1999 A functional constraint on extraposition from NP Function and Structure: In honor of Susumu Kuno, Kamio, Akio and Ken-ichi Takami (eds.), pp. 23–56 | Article

Kuno, Susumu and Ken-ichi Takami 1997 Structural or Functional Accounts? Directions in Functional Linguistics, Kamio, Akio (ed.), pp. 221–250 | Article