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Case, Typology and Grammar
In honor of Barry J. Blake
The present volume is a collection of fifteen original articles that include descriptive, typological and/or theoretical studies of a number of morphosyntactic phenomena, such as case, transitivity, grammaticalization, valency alternations, etc., in a variety of languages or language groups, and discussions concerning theoretical issues in specific grammatical frameworks. The collection, written in honor of the Australian linguist Barry J. Blake on his 60th birthday, thematically reflects the field that Professor Blake has worked in over the past three decades. The volume will be of special interest to researchers in morphosyntax, and linguistic typology. In addition, scholars in discourse grammar, historical linguistics, theoretical syntax, semantics, language acquisition, and language contact will find articles of interest in the book.
[Typological Studies in Language, 38] 1998. 395 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 21 October 2008
Published online on 21 October 2008
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations | pp. vii–viii
- Preface | pp. ix–xi
- Bibliography of the published works of Barry J. Blake | pp. xii–xviii
- On the semantic frames of be and possessive haveKeith Allan | p. 1
- Crow is sitting chasing them: grammaticalization and the verb ‘to sit’ in the Mantharta languages, Western AustraliaPeter Austin | p. 19
- Factors of typology on language acquisition: some examples from WarlpiriEdith L. Bavin | p. 37
- Markedness and iconicity: some questionsByron W. Bender | p. 57
- Throw the baby from the window a cookie: English and Pennsylvania German in contactKate Burridge | p. 71
- The great Daghestan case coaxBernard Comrie and Maria Polinsky | p. 95
- Iwaidja mutations and its originsNicholas Evans | p. 115
- Functional control with and without structure- sharingRichard A. Hudson | p. 151
- The verbal suffix — ngany in WarrwaWilliam B. McGregor | p. 171
- From event sequence to grammar: serial verb constructions in KalamAndrew Pawley and Jonathan Lane | p. 201
- Passive-to-ergative vs inverse-to-ergativeAnna Siewierska | p. 229
- Benefactive marking in Oceanic languages: from possessive classifiers to benefactive markersJae Jung Song | p. 247
- Ergativity, transitivity, and clitic coreference in four Western Austronesian languages: a Lexicase analysisStanley Starosta | p. 277
- A discourse explanation for the cross-linguistic differences in the grammar of incorporation and negationSandra A. Thompson | p. 307
- Applicative constructions in Warrungu of AustraliaTasaku Tsunoda | p. 341
- Language Index | pp. 375–376
- Subject Index | pp. 377–379
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2013. Review of Kittilä, Västi & Ylikoski (2011): Case, animacy and semantic roles. Studies in Language 37:1 ► pp. 234 ff.
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