Language universals and linguistic typology : syntax and morphology /
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| Author / Creator: | Comrie, Bernard, 1947- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1989. |
| Description: | xiii, 264 p. : map ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/988309 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second printing
- I. Language Universals
- 1.1. Approaches to Language Universals
- 1.1.1. Two major approaches
- 1.1.2. The data base
- 1.1.3. Degrees of abstractness
- 1.2. Classification of Language Universals
- 1.2.1. Formal and substantive universals
- 1.2.2. Implicational and non-implicational universals
- 1.2.3. Absolute universals and tendencies
- 1.3. Explanations for Language Universals
- 1.3.1. Common genetic origin
- 1.3.2. External explanations
- 1.4. Summary Notes and references
- 2. Language Typology
- 2.1. Typology and Universals
- 2.2. Typological Parameters
- 2.3. Morphological Typology
- 2.4. Some Further Typological Parameters Notes and references
- 3. Theoretical Prerequisites
- 3.1. Semantic Roles
- 3.2. Pragmatic Roles
- 3.3. Grammatical Relations
- 3.4. Morphological Cases
- 3.5. Illustration: English and Russian Clause Structure Notes and references
- 4. Word Order
- 4.1. Word Order Parameters
- 4.2. Correlations Among Word Order Parameters
- 4.2.1. Greenberg's correlations
- 4.2.2. Generalizations of Greenberg's results
- 4.2.3. Critique of the generalizations
- 4.3. The Value of Word Order Typology Notes and references
- 5. Subject
- 5.1. The Problem
- 5.2. On Definitions and Categories
- 5.3. Ergativity
- 5.4. Semantic and Pragmatic Factors Notes and references
- 6. Case Marking
- 6.1. The Discriminatory Function of Cases
- 6.2. Natural Information Flow in the Transitive Construction
- 6.2.1. Inverse forms
- 6.2.2. Differential marking of A and P
- 6.3. Summary Notes and References
- 7. Relative Clauses
- 7.1. Some Typological Characteristics of English Relative Clauses
- 7.2. Types of Relative Clause
- 7.2.1. Defining the notion relative clause
- 7.2.2. Word order and relative clause types
- 7.2.3. The role of the head in the relative clause
- 7.2.4. The role of the head in the main clause
- 7.3. Accessibility to Relative Clause Formation
- 7.3.1. Simplex sentences
- 7.3.2. Complex constructions
- 7.3.3. The distribution of relative clause types Notes and references
- 8. Causative Constructions
- 8.1. Parameters in the Study of Causative Constructions
- 8.1.1. Formal parameters
- 8.1.2. Semantic parameters
- 8.2. Valency Changes in Morphological Causatives Notes and references
- 9. Animacy
- 9.1. Introduction: The Nature of Animacy
- 9.2. Phenomena Controlled by Animacy
- 9.3. Conceptual Animacy Distinctions
- 9.4. Conclusions: The Nature of Animacy Notes and references
- 10. Typological and Historical Linguistics
- 10.1. Diachronic Dimensions in Universals and Typology
- 10.2. Areal Typology
- 10.3. Typology and Reconstruction
- 10.3.1. Word order typology
- 10.3.2. Word order and morpheme order
- 10.4. Typology and Diachronic Explanation Notes and references
- 11. Conclusions and Prospects Map showing location of languages cited References
- Index of languages
- Index of proper names
- Index of topics