In:Functionalism and Grammar
T. Givón
[Not in series 74] 1995
► pp. v–xvi
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Published online: 1 June 1995
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.74.toc
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Table of contents
Prefacexvii
1. Prospectus, somewhat jaundiced1
2. Markedness as meta-iconicity: Distributional and cognitive correlates of syntactic structure25
3. The functional basis of grammatical typology71
4. Modal prototypes of truth and action111
5. Taking structure seriously, I: Constituency and the VP node175
6. Taking structure seriously, II: Grammatical relations225
7. The distribution of grammar in text: On interpreting conditional associations305
8. Coming to terms with cognition: Coherence in text vs. Coherence in mind341
9. On the co-evolution of language, mind and brain393
Notes446
Bibliography449
Index479
