Grammatical relations

✍ Scribed by Patrick Farrell

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 245
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Patrick Farrell shows how grammatical relations are characterized in competing theories of grammar and reveals the different theories' merits and limitations. He compares mainstream generative-transformational theory with formalist and functionalist approaches, showing points of convergence and divergence. This is an ideal introduction to the field for graduate students and will be a useful reference for theoretical syntacticians of all persuasions.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Abbreviations......Page 9
1 Introduction......Page 12
1.1 Different kinds of grammatical relations......Page 14
1.2 Case, voice, and grammatical relations......Page 19
1.3.1 Subject and direct object......Page 25
1.3.2 Indirect object......Page 27
1.3.3 Oblique and other syntactic functions......Page 39
1.3.4 Semantic roles......Page 49
1.4 Theories of grammar......Page 53
2.1 Grammatical relations and major typological parameters......Page 55
2.1.1 Accusative languages......Page 57
2.1.2 Ergative languages......Page 60
2.1.3 Split-intransitive languages......Page 65
2.2 Voice and grammatical-relation alternations......Page 73
2.2.1 Passive voice......Page 76
2.2.2 Antipassive voice......Page 82
2.2.3 Inverse voice......Page 85
2.2.4 Applicative constructions......Page 94
2.2.5 The Philippine voice system......Page 102
2.3 Function splitting and quasi-subjects/objects......Page 107
2.3.1 Quasi-subjects and oblique subjects......Page 109
2.3.2 Quasi-objects and oblique objects......Page 115
3.1 Basic design of the theory......Page 123
3.2 Basic language types......Page 127
3.3.1 Dative quasi-subjects......Page 129
3.3.2 Phillipine voice alternations......Page 130
3.3.3 A/O-reversal in Jarawara......Page 132
3.3.4 Unaccusativity and the alignment problem......Page 133
3.3.5 Icelandic dative subjects......Page 138
3.4.1 Lexical-Functional Grammar......Page 141
3.4.2 Arc Pair Grammar......Page 145
4.1.1 Lexical decomposition and semantic roles......Page 146
4.1.2 Macroroles......Page 150
4.1.3 Clause structure and syntactic functions......Page 154
4.2.1 Voice constructions across languages......Page 159
4.2.2 Ergativity, accusativity, and split intransitivity......Page 163
4.3 Some case studies......Page 164
4.3.2 Passive and switch reference in Seri......Page 165
4.3.3 Dative subjects and quasi-subjects......Page 166
4.3.4 Applicative objects vs. quasi-objects in Indonesian......Page 171
4.3.5 Quasi-objects in Brazilian Portuguese......Page 172
4.4 Other functional theories......Page 176
4.4.1 Functional Grammar......Page 177
4.4.2 Cognitive Grammar......Page 179
5.1.1 Classical TG......Page 184
5.1.2 The GB approach......Page 187
5.1.3 The Minimalist approach......Page 189
5.2.1 Ergativity......Page 192
5.2.2 Split intransitivity......Page 196
5.3.1 Multiple subjects and quasi-subject phenomena......Page 199
5.3.2 Applicative constructions and the indirect object notion......Page 204
5.4 Related theories......Page 208
Notes......Page 210
References......Page 228
E......Page 242
L......Page 243
S......Page 244
X......Page 245