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100 1 Givón, Talmy,|d1936-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names
/n79045353|eauthor.
245 10 On understanding grammar /|cT. Givón, University of
Oregon.
250 Revised edition.
264 1 Amsterdam ;|aPhiladelphia :|bJohn Benjamins Publishing
Company,|c2018.
300 1 online resource
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bn|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bnc|2rdacarrier
347 text file|2rdaft
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 |gMachine generated contents note:|gch. 1|tFact, method
and explanation: On the recalcitrant legacy of
structuralism --|g1.1.|tOrientation --|g1.2.|tSaussure's
firewall --|g1.3.|tStructuralism and the philosophy of
science --|g1.4.|tthree dogmas of structuralism --|g1.4.1.
|tArbitrariness --|g1.4.2.|tIdealization: Langue vs.
parole --|g1.4.3.|tSegregation: Synchrony vs. diachrony --
|g1.5.|tLatter-day structuralism --|g1.6.|tExplanatory
biology: Aristotle revisited --|g1.7.|tSynchrony as
diachrony --|g1.7.1.|tExample: The diachronic typology of
passive constructions --|g1.7.2.|tdiachronic provenance of
synchronic structural properties --|g1.7.3.|tGrammatical
relations in the passive clause --|g1.8.|tClosure --
|tAbbreviations of grammatical terms --|gch. 2|tToward a
discourse definition of syntax: The communicative
correlates of grammar --|g2.1.|tAntecedence --|g2.2.|trole
of grammar in human information processing --|g2.2.1.
|tOverview: The functional organization of language --
|g2.2.2.|tconceptual lexicon --|g2.2.3.|tPropositional
information --|g2.2.4.|tMulti-propositional discourse --
|g2.2.5.|tinteraction between words, propositions and
discourse --|g2.3.|tcommunicative function of grammar --
|g2.3.1.|tGrammar as a structural code --|g2.3.2.|tGrammar
as communicative function --|g2.4.|tTheme-and-variation in
syntax and the markedness of clause-types --|g2.4.1.
|tOverview --|g2.4.2.|tTheme and variations in syntax --
|g2.4.3.|ttext-frequency distribution of major clause-
types --|g2.5.|tgrammar of referential coherence --
|g2.5.1.|tPreliminaries --|g2.5.2.|tDiscourse structure
and referential coherence --|g2.5.3.|tHigh-continuity
devices --|g2.5.4.|tLow continuity devices --|g2.5.5.
|tQuantitative text-distribution of referent-coding
devices --|g2.5.6.|tWord order and referential continuity
--|g2.6.|tCataphoric aspects of topicality --|g2.6.1.
|tMethodological preliminaries --|g2.6.2.|tIndefiniteness
and cataphoric topicality --|g2.6.2.1.|tsemantics of
reference --|g2.6.2.2.|tnumeral òne' as an indefinite
marker in Modern Hebrew --|g2.6.2.3.|tnumeral òne' as an
indefinite marker in Krio --|g2.6.2.4.|tdemonstrative
̀this' as an indefinite marker in English --|g2.7.|tVoice
constructions and cataphoric topicality --|g2.7.1.
|tAnaphoric vs. catephoric zero --|g2.7.2.|tfunctional
domain of pragmatic voice --|g2.7.3.|tCataphoric zero in
passive clauses --|g2.7.3.1.|tPrelude: Typology and
functional domains --|g2.7.3.2.|tdiachrony of the zeroed-
out agents in non-promotional passives --|g2.7.3.3.
|tDiachrony of the zeroed-out agents in promotional
passives --|g2.8.|tCataphoric zero in antipassive clauses
--|g2.8.1.|tFunctional definition of antipassive voice --
|g2.8.2.|tdiachronic typology of zero in antipassives --
|g2.8.3.|tZero, incorporation, and the rise of antipassive
morphology --|g2.9.|tClosure --|tAbbreviation of
grammatical terms --|gch. 3|tNegation in language: Between
semantics and pragmatics --|g3.1.|tLogic, psycho-logic and
pragmatics --|g3.2.|tpuzzling distributional restrictions
on referring indefinite objects --|g3.3.|tcommunicative
pragmatics of negation --|g3.4.|tNegative assertion as a
distinct speech-act --|g3.5.|tcognitive status of negation
--|g3.5.1.|tChange vs. stasis --|g3.5.2.|tontology of
negative events --|g3.5.3.|tontology of negative states --
|g3.6.|tscope of negation --|g3.6.1.|tPresupposition,
assertion and negation --|g3.6.2.|tNegation and
contrastive focus --|g3.6.3.|tNegation and optional
constituents --|g3.6.4.|tGrammatical marking of the scope
of assertion -- and negation --|g3.7.|tNegation and social
interaction --|g3.8.|tClosure --|tAbbreviations of
grammatical terms --|gch. 4|tgrammar of case: Semantic
role, pragmatic function, morphology and syntactic control
--|g4.1.|tIntroduction --|g4.2.|tClausal participants and
semantic roles --|g4.2.1.|tStates, events, and actions --
|g4.2.2.|tSemantic roles --|g4.2.3.|tGrammatical roles --
|g4.2.4.|tTopicality and grammatical relations --|g4.3.
|taccessibility hierarchy: Government of complex
construction --|g4.3.1.|tPreliminaries --|g4.3.2.
|tFunctional definition of relative clauses --|g4.3.2.1.
|tAnaphoric grounding: Restrictive REL-clauses modifying
definite head nouns --|g4.3.2.2.|tCataphoroic grounding:
Restrictive REL clause modifying indefinite head nouns --
|g4.3.2.3.|tAncilliary asserted information: Non-
restrictive REL-clauses --|g4.3.3.|tcross-language
typology of REL-clauses --|g4.3.3.1.|tPreamble: The case-
role recoverability problem --|g4.3.3.2.|tzero-cum-gap
strategy: Japanese --|g4.3.3.3.|tClause chaining and
anaphoric pronouns: Bambara and Hittite --|g4.3.3.4.
|tanaphoric pronoun or pronominal agreement strategy:
Hebrew --|g4.3.3.5.|tNominalized REL-clauses: Ute --
|g4.3.3.6.|tCase-marked demonstrative pronouns and Y-
movement: German --|g4.3.3.7.|tverb-coding relativization
strategy --|g4.4.|tDiscussion --|tAbbreviations of
grammatical terms --|gch. 5|tFrom discourse to syntax:
Grammar as an automated processing strategy --|g5.1.
|tIntroduction --|g5.2.|tDiachrony and syntacticization --
|g5.2.1.|tOverview --|g5.2.2.|tFrom topic to subject --
|g5.2.3.|tFrom topicalization to passivization --|g5.2.4.
|tFrom conjoined clauses to embedded relative clause --
|g5.2.5.|tFrom conjoined to embedded verb complements --
|g5.2.6.|tResultative verb compounds in Mandarin --
|g5.2.7.|tComplex possessive constructions --|g5.2.8.
|tFocus clauses and WH-questions --|g5.2.9.|tFrom clause-
chaining to serial-verb clauses --|g5.2.10.|tInterim
summary --|g5.3.|tPidgin vs. Creole language --|g5.4.
|tChild vs. adult language --|g5.5.|tOral informal vs.
formal written language --|g5.6.|tDiscussion --|g5.6.1.
|tCoding modalities and developmental trends --|g5.6.2.
|tdiachronic cycle --|g5.6.3.|tDiachrony and typological
diversity --|g5.6.4.|tUniversality, evolution and
explanation --|g5.6.5.|tGrammar as an automated processing
strategy --|g5.6.6.|tPostscript --|tAbbreviation of
grammatical terms --|gch. 6|tWhere does crazy syntax come
from? --|g6.1.|tIntroduction --|g6.2.|tCrazy synchronic
phonology --|g6.3.|tCase studies --|g6.3.1.|tKimbundu
passive revisited --|g6.3.2.|tKihungan cleft and WH-
question revisited --|g6.3.3.|tGerman REL-clauses
revisited --|g6.3.4.|tSome unintended consequences of
compressing chained clauses into serial-verb clauses --
|g6.3.5.|tGerman word-order and tense-aspect renovation --
|g6.3.6.|tRomance and Bantu object pronouns --|g6.3.7.
|tNo. Uto-Aztecan nominalized subordinate clauses --|g6.4.
|tDiscussion --|g6.4.1.|tNaturalness: Commonality vs. ease
of processing --|g6.4.2.|ttemporal curve of the diachronic
cycle --|g6.4.3.|tNaturalness: Synchrony vs. diachrony --
|tAbbreviation of grammatical terms --|gch. 7|tSOV mystery
and language evolution --|g7.1.|tIntroduction --|g7.2.
|tneo-recapitulationist perspective --|g7.3.|tSOV mystery
--|g7.4.|tExtrapolation #1: Canine communication --
|g7.4.1.|tHere and now, you and I, this and that visible -
-|g7.4.2.|tSocio-cultural context: The Society of
Intimates --|g7.4.3.|tInformation --|g7.4.4.|tnote on
primate communication --|g7.5.|tExtrapolation #2: Early
child language --|g7.5.1.|tCommunicative mode --|g7.5.2.
|tSocio-cultural context --|g7.6.|tPre-grammatical pidgin
as an evolutionary stage --|g7.7.|tevolution of grammar: A
hypothesis --|g7.7.1.|tGround-zero: Shift of the
communicative context --|g7.7.2.|tChanges in the
communication system --|g7.7.2.1.|tNoun coding: From
deixis to well-coded nouns --|g7.7.2.2.|tVerb coding: From
one-word to two-word clauses --|g7.7.2.3.|tFrom mono-
propositional to multi-propositional discourse --
|g7.7.2.4.|tGrammaticalization as an evolutionary process
--|g7.7.2.5.|tdrift away from SOV --|g7.8.|tDiscussion --
|tAbbreviation of grammatical terms --|gch. 8|tLanguage
and ontology --|g8.1.|tIntroduction: How real is reality?'
--|g8.2.|tIntermezzo I: Nature vs.
505 00 |tArtifice --|g8.3.|tOn construing a universe: Space, time
and being --|g8.4.|tTao and the pre-construed universe --
|g8.5.|tIntermezzo II: Sense, reference and ̀The World' --
|g8.6.|tlexicalization of mundane experience --|g8.6.1.
|tPreamble --|g8.6.2.|tNouns --|g8.6.3.|tVerbs --|g8.6.4.
|tAdjectives --|g8.7.|tSome evolutionary correlates of
spatio-temporal experience --|g8.7.1.|tPreliminaries --
|g8.7.2.|tExperience in a one-dimensional universe of
linear time --|g8.7.3.|tExperience in a universe of time
plus one spatial dimension: Early stationary organisms --
|g8.7.4.|tMotion and the advent of a three-dimensional
universe --|g8.7.5.|tPurposive motion and the advent of
agency --|g8.7.6.|tFrom purposive motion to causation and
agency --|g8.7.7.|tontology of causation --|g8.8.
|tontological unity of experience, action and
interpersonal behavior --|g8.8.1.|tPreamble --|g8.8.2.
|tCausality, agency and information: Norms vs. counter-
norms --|g8.8.3.|tContext, behavior and communication --
|g8.8.4.|touter bounds of information --|g8.9.|tClosure --
|tAbbreviations of grammatical terms.
520 8 In his foreword to the original edition of this classic of
functionalism, typology and diachrony, Dwight Bolinger
wrote: "I foresee it as one of the truly prizes statements
of our current knowledge?a book about understanding done
with deep understanding? of language and its place in
Nature and in the nature of humankind? The book is rich in
insights, even for those who have been with linguistics
for a long time. And beginners could be thankful for
having it as a starting point, from which so many past
mistakes have been shed". Thoroughly revised, corrected
and updated, 'On Understanding Grammar' remains, as its
author intended it in 1979, a book about trying to make
sense of human language and of doing linguistics. Language
is considered here from multiple perspectives,
intersecting with cognition and communication, typology
and universals, grammaticalization, development and
evolution. Within such a broad cross-disciplinary context,
grammar is viewed as an automated, structured language-
processing device, assembled through evolution, diachrony
and use. Cross-language diversity is not arbitrary, but
rather is tightly constrained and adaptively motivated,
with the balance between universality and diversity
mediated through development, be it evolutionary or
diachronic. The book's take on language harkens back to
the works of illustrious antecedents such as F. Bopp, W.
von Humbold, H. Paul, A. Meillet, O. Jespersen and G. Zipf,
offering a coherent alternative to the methodological and
theoretical structures of Saussure, Bloomfield and
Chomsky.0.
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