New Perspectives in Role and Reference Grammar

✍ Scribed by Wataru Nakamura

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 371
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

New Perspectives in Role and Reference Grammar presents a broad picture of current developments in Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), a version of parallel structure grammar Other an emphasis on typological adequacy. Since its inception, RRG has been applied to a wide range of languages, in particular to case marking, complex clauses (e.g. control, raising, and serial verb constructions), unaccusativity/unergativity, and the interplay between syntax and information structure. The present book ...

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