New vistas in grammar : invariance and variation
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New vistas in grammar : invariance and variation
(Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series IV . Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 49)
J. Benjamins, 1991
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Includes bibliographies and indexes
Papers from a conference held Oct. 10-13, 1985, in tribute to Roman Jakobson
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The papers in this volume reflect the renewed interest in the semantics of grammatical categories and the issues of invariance and variation in grammar. In particular, this collection presents the current understanding of invariance of grammar with respect to the synchronic and diachronic analyses of specific languages, and as realized in work on typology and universals.The book is divided into five sections: The Question of Invariance; Invariance and Grammatical Categories; Grammar and Discourse; Grammar and Pragmatics; Typology and Universals.
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface (by Rudy, Stephen)
- 2. Introduction (by Waugh, Linda R.)
- 3. 1. The question of invariance
- 4. The concept of structure in contemporary linguistics (by Stankiewicz, Edward)
- 5. Grasping the Nettle: variation as proof of invariance (by Garcia, Erica C.)
- 6. Invariant meaning: alternative variations on an invariant theme (by Tobin, Yishai)
- 7. 2. Invariance and grammatical categories
- 8. Toward a universal calculus of inflectional categories: on Roman Jakobson's Trail (by Mel'cuk, Igor)
- 9. Towards a typology of verbal categories (by Aronson, Howard I.)
- 10. Two types of markedness and their implications for the conceptualization of grammatical invariance (by Sangster, Rodney B.)
- 11. The role of animacy in language change: from dative to genitive in middle Indo-Aryan (by Burston, Monique A.)
- 12. Invariance and mutation in Acatec Mayan (by Robertson, John S.)
- 13. Variation, invariance, hierarchy, and integration as grammatical parameters (by Swiggers, Pierre)
- 14. Invariance and markedness in grammatical categories (by Newfield, Madeleine)
- 15. 3. Grammar and discourse
- 16. Tense-aspect and hierarchy of meanings: pragmatic, textual, modal, discourse, expressive, referential (by Waugh, Linda R.)
- 17. On the concept of time: prolegomena to a theory of aspect and tense in narrative discourse (by Thelin, Nils B.)
- 18. On the projection of equivalence relations into syntagms (by Andersen, Henning)
- 19. Invariance in grammar, variation in discourse: discussion (by Klein-Andreu, Flora)
- 20. 4. Grammar an pragmatics
- 21. Deixis and shifters after Jakobson (by Parret, Herman)
- 22. Praguean structure and autopoiesis: deixis as individuation (by Schooneveld, Cornelis H. van)
- 23. Shifters and non-verbal categories of Russian (by Yokoyama, Olga T.)
- 24. English speech act verbs: A historical perspective (by Traugott, Elizabeth Closs)
- 25. Grammar and pragmatics: The two axes of language and deixis (by Andrews, Edna)
- 26. 5. Typology and universals
- 27. Two approaches to language universals (by Greenberg, Joseph H.)
- 28. Invariance and variation: The dimensional model of language universals (by Seiler, Hansjakob)
- 29. Classical and modern universals research: their philosophical background (by Holenstein, Elmar)
- 30. Language typology and diachronic linguistics (by Gamkrelidze, Thomas V.)
- 31. Language universals in relation to acquisition and change: A tribute to Roman Jakobson (by Hawkins, John A.)
- 32. Paralinguistic universals and preconceptual thinking in language (by Fonagy, Ivan)
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