Grammar from the Human Perspective
Case, space and person in Finnish
The papers of this volume investigate how grammar codes the subjective viewpoint of human language users, that is, how grammar reflects human conceptualization. Some of the articles deal with spatial relations and locations. They discuss how basic attributes of human conceptualization are encoded in the grammatical expression of spatial relations. Other articles concern embodiment in language, showing how conceptualization is mediated by one’s embodied experience of the world and ourselves. Finally, some of the articles discuss coding of person focusing on the subjectivity of conceptualization and how it is reflected in grammar.
The articles show that conceptualization reflects the speaker’s construal of the situation, and furthermore, that it is intersubjective because it reflects the speaker’s understanding of the relations between the speech act participants. The papers deal with Finnish, utilizing the rich resources of Finnish grammar to contribute to issues in contemporary linguistics and in particular to Cognitive Grammar.
Table of Contents
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Abbreviations & transcription symbols | pp. vii–viii
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Acknowledgements | p. ix
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Introduction: Grammar from the human perspectiveMarja-Liisa Helasvuo and Lyle Campbell | pp. 1–10
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An introduction to Finnish spatial relations: Local cases and adpositionsTuomas Huumo and Krista Ojutkangas | pp. 11–20
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Part I: Space and location
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Spatial axes in language and conceptualisation: The case of bidirectional constructionsKrista Ojutkangas | pp. 21–39
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“I woke up from the sofa”: Subjective directionality in Finnish expressions of a spatio-cognitive transferTuomas Huumo | pp. 41–65
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Metonymy in locatives of stateTiina Onikki-Rantajääskö | pp. 67–100
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Part II: The human perspective
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Body part names and grammaticalizationToni Suutari | pp. 101–128
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On distinguishing between ‘recipient’ and ‘beneficiary’ in FinnishSeppo Kittilä | pp. 129–152
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Oblique mentions of human referents in Finnish conversation: The effects of prominence in discourse and grammarRitva Laury | pp. 153–171
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Part III: Person
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Person in Finnish: Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations in interactionMarja-Liisa Helasvuo and Lea Laitinen | pp. 173–207
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Zero person in Finnish: A grammatical resource for construing human referenceLea Laitinen | pp. 209–231
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Passive — personal or impersonal? A Finnish perspectiveMarja-Liisa Helasvuo | pp. 233–255
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Index of terms | pp. 277–280
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