John W. Du Bois

List of John Benjamins publications for which John W. Du Bois plays a role.

Journal

Functions of Language (FOL)

Edited by Martin Hilpert, J. Lachlan Mackenzie and Sumin Zhao

ISSN 0929-998X | E-ISSN 1569-9765

Title

Preferred Argument Structure: Grammar as architecture for function

Edited by John W. Du Bois, Lorraine E. Kumpf and William J. Ashby

[Studies in Discourse and Grammar, 14] 2003. ix, 458 pp.

Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Syntax

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Ariel, Mira, Elitzur Dattner, John W. Du Bois and Tal Linzen. 2015. Pronominal datives: The royal road to argument status. Studies in Language 39:2, pp. 257–321

Based on a large corpus of dative constructions in Hebrew, we propose that dative-marked pronominals manifest a facilitated path from adjunct to argument. Since datives tend to be pronominal, adding them onto existing argument structures avoids a clash with the Preferred Argument Structure (PAS)… read more | Article

Du Bois, John W. 2007. The stance triangle. Stancetaking in Discourse: Subjectivity, evaluation, interaction, Englebretson, Robert (ed.), pp. 139–182

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Du Bois, John W. 2003. Argument structure: Grammar in use. Preferred Argument Structure: Grammar as architecture for function, Du Bois, John W., Lorraine E. Kumpf and William J. Ashby (eds.), pp. 11–60

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Du Bois, John W., Lorraine E. Kumpf and William J. Ashby. 2003. Introduction. Preferred Argument Structure: Grammar as architecture for function, Du Bois, John W., Lorraine E. Kumpf and William J. Ashby (eds.), pp. 1–10

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Du Bois, John W. 1991. Transcription design principles for spoken discourse research. Pragmatics 1:1, pp. 71–106

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Du Bois, John W. 1987. Meaning without intention: Lessons from divination. IPrA Papers in Pragmatics 1:2, pp. 80–122

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Du Bois, John W. 1985. Competing motivations. Iconicity in Syntax: Proceedings of a symposium on iconicity in syntax, Stanford, June 24–26, 1983, Haiman, John (ed.), pp. 343 ff.

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