T. Givón

List of John Benjamins publications for which T. Givón plays a role.

The Life Cycle of Adpositions

T. Givón

[Not in series, 236] 2021. xii, 205 pp.
Subjects Classical linguistics | Historical linguistics | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Coherence

T. Givón

[Not in series, 230] 2020. xi, 293 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Evolution of language | Interaction Studies | Neurolinguistics | Philosophy | Sociology
Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Historical linguistics | Translation Studies

On Understanding Grammar: Revised edition

T. Givón

[Not in series, 213] 2018. xxi, 299 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

The Story of Zero

T. Givón

[Not in series, 204] 2017. xv, 414 pp.
Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Ute Dictionary

T. Givón

[Culture and Language Use, 15] 2016. xiv, 373 pp.
Subjects Dictionaries | Language documentation | Languages of North America | Theoretical linguistics

The Diachrony of Grammar

T. Givón

[Not in series, 192] 2015. 928 pp. (Hb in 2 vols.)
Subjects Evolution of language | Historical linguistics | Syntax

Ute Texts

Compiled and edited by T. Givón

[Culture and Language Use, 7] 2013. xvi, 333 pp.
Subjects Language documentation | Languages of North America | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Ute Reference Grammar

T. Givón

[Culture and Language Use, 3] 2011. xxiii, 441 pp.
Subjects Language documentation | Languages of North America | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Cognition and language | Evolution of language | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution

Edited by T. Givón and Masayoshi Shibatani

[Typological Studies in Language, 85] 2009. vi, 553 pp.
Subjects Evolution of language | Language acquisition | Psycholinguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Cognition and language | Philosophy | Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax

Bio-Linguistics: The Santa Barbara lectures

T. Givón

[Not in series, 113] 2002. xviii, 383 pp.
Subjects Evolution of language | Functional linguistics | Historical linguistics | Typology

The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language

Edited by T. Givón and Bertram F. Malle

[Typological Studies in Language, 53] 2002. x, 394 pp.
Subjects Evolution of language | Language acquisition | Psycholinguistics

Syntax: An Introduction. Volume I

T. Givón

[Not in series, SYN 1] 2001. xviii, 500 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Syntax: An Introduction. Volume II

T. Givón

[Not in series, SYN 2] 2001. x, 406 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Syntax: An introduction. 2 Volumes (set)

T. Givón

[Not in series, SYN S] 2001. xviii, 500 pp. & x, 406 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Cognition and language | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Subjects Functional linguistics | Syntax

Discourse, Grammar and Typology: Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar

Edited by Werner Abraham, T. Givón and Sandra A. Thompson

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 27] 1995. xx, 352 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Typology

Coherence in Spontaneous Text

Edited by Morton Ann Gernsbacher and T. Givón

[Typological Studies in Language, 31] 1995. x, 267 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Psycholinguistics

Functionalism and Grammar

T. Givón

[Not in series, 74] 1995. xvii, 486 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Voice and Inversion

Edited by T. Givón

[Typological Studies in Language, 28] 1994. viii, 402 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects English linguistics | Functional linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax
Subjects English linguistics | Functional linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax

English Grammar: A function-based introduction. 2 Volumes (set)

T. Givón

[Not in series, ENGRAM S] 1993. xxii, 318 pp. & xvi, 363 pp.
Subjects English linguistics | Functional linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax
Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics
Givón, T. 2016 The diachrony of pronominal agreement: In UTE and maybe elsewhereCyclical Change Continued, Gelderen, Elly van (ed.), pp. 251–286 | Article
This paper examines Ute clitic pronouns and contrasts them with other reference-coding devices, such as demonstratives, independent pronouns, zero anaphora, and flexible word-order. It concludes that most independent pronouns are used in contexts of referential discontinuity and most zero and… read more
In the grammaticalization of verbs, a small group of lexical verbs is particularly prominent, invariably found on the short-list of ‘light verbs’ (Wilson 1999) that display peculiar grammatical properties. This chapter describes the behavior of a small group of such verbs in Ute. In addition to the… read more
Givón, T. 2016 Nominalization and re-finitizationFiniteness and Nominalization, Chamoreau, Claudine and Zarina Estrada-Fernández (eds.), pp. 271–296 | Article
The mechanisms via which subordinate clauses arise are relatively well explored, involving two major diachronic pathways (Givón 2009): first, via clause-chaining constructions, as in many Niger-Congo, Papua-New Guinea, Southeast Asian, Athabaskan, or Southern Arawak languages; and second, via… read more
Givón, T. 2013 The diachrony of Ute case-markingThe Persistence of Language: Constructing and confronting the past and present in the voices of Jane H. Hill, Bischoff, Shannon T., Deborah Cole, Amy V. Fountain and Mizuki Miyashita (eds.), pp. 3–28 | Article
This paper deals with Ute case-marking and its reconstructed diachrony, demonstrating once again that synchronic data from a single language can serve, via Internal Reconstruction (IR) and a theoretically informed approach to grammaticalization, to reconstruct older diachronic states. The… read more
Givón, T. 2013 On the diachrony of the ‘Ethical Dative’Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation: In honor of Scott DeLancey, Thornes, Tim, Erik Andvik, Gwendolyn Hyslop and Joana Jansen (eds.), pp. 43–66 | Article
In this paper I will discuss the diachronic rise of the so-called ‘Ethical Dative’ (henceforth ED). In examining first data from Spanish or Hebrew, a multi-step diachronic progression seems to lead to the ED construction:ALLATIVE > DATIVE > BENEFACTIVE >REFLEXIVE-BENEFACTIVE > EDSome people may be… read more
Givón, T. 2012 Toward a diachronic typology of relative clauseRelative Clauses in Languages of the Americas: A typological overview, Comrie, Bernard and Zarina Estrada-Fernández (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Article
A diachronic typology of relative clauses points toward two major pathways towards embedded (restrictive) REL-clauses. The first starts from chained (conjoined) clauses, the second from parenthetical non-restrictive RELclauses. In both pathways, embedded (restrictive) REL-clauses start their life… read more
This paper investigate the acquisition of V-complement constructions (complex VPs) by English-speaking children ca. age 1;8-to-2;9. It suggests that the child acquires these constructions during intensive epistemic or deontic modal negotiations with the adult. In the earliest stage, the… read more
Givón, T. 2009 IntroductionSyntactic Complexity: Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution, Givón, T. and Masayoshi Shibatani (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article
This paper investigates the diachronic pathways that lead to the rise of complex predications. It suggests that the great variety of complex predicate constructions can be traced back to two major pathways. Both pathways begin their life as paratactic verb-complement constructions (complex VPs)… read more
Givón, T. 2007 Grammar as an adaptive evolutionary productFunctional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse: In honour of Angela Downing, Butler, Christopher S., Raquel Hidalgo Downing and Julia Lavid-López (eds.), pp. 1–40 | Article
The functional correlates of grammatical constructions can be given heuristically as (i) “the discourse context within which the grammatical construction is used”. They can also be given as the more cognitive-sounding (ii) “the communicative intent of the speaker using the construction”. In this… read more
Givón, T. 2006 Grammatical relations in passive clauses: A diachronic perspectivePassivization and Typology: Form and function, Abraham, Werner and Larisa Leisiö (eds.), pp. 337–350 | Article
The paper first recapitulates a point made repeatedly elsewhere (Givón 1981, 1994 ed., 1995, 2001, 2002): that a syntactic typology of any clause-type, including the passive, is meaningless unless clause-types are first characterized as functional domains. Using as examples six widely-attested… read more
Givón, T. and Boniface Kawasha 2006 Indiscrete grammatical relations: The Lunda passiveVoice and Grammatical Relations: In Honor of Masayoshi Shibatani, Tsunoda, Tasaku and Taro Kageyama (eds.), pp. 15–41 | Article
Barker, Marjorie and T. Givón 2002 7. On the pre-linguistic origins of language processing ratesThe Evolution of Language out of Pre-language, Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle (eds.), pp. 171–214 | Chapter
Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle 2002 IntroductionThe Evolution of Language out of Pre-language, Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle (eds.), pp. vii–x | Chapter
Givón, T. and Phil Young 2002 Cooperation and interpersonal manipulation in the society of intimatesThe Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, Shibatani, Masayoshi (ed.), pp. 23–56 | Article
Hennesy, Pelin Engin and T. Givón 2002 Note on the grammar of Turkish nominalizationsComplex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse: Essays in honor of Sandra A. Thompson, Bybee, Joan L. and Michael Noonan (eds.), pp. 125–144 | Article
This paper undertakes to begin to perform the overdue task of de-objectivizing the key pragmatic notion of ‘context’. This notion will be re-interpreted in terms of mental models, which correspond to that portion of ‘reality’ that is relevant for information processing. For this purpose, a variety… read more
Givón, T. and Loren Bommelyn 2000 The Evolution of De-Transitive Voice in Tolowa AthabaskanStudies in Language 24:1, pp. 41–76 | Article
Dickinson, Connie and T. Givón 1997 Memory and Conversation: Toward an Experimental ParadigmConversation: Cognitive, communicative and social perspectives, Givón, T. (ed.), pp. 91–132 | Article
Givón, T. 1997 Grammatical Relations: An IntroductionGrammatical Relations: A functionalist perspective, Givón, T. (ed.), pp. 1–84 | Article
Gernsbacher, Morton Ann and T. Givón 1995 Introduction: Coherence as a mental entityCoherence in Spontaneous Text, Gernsbacher, Morton Ann and T. Givón (eds.) | Miscellaneous
Givón, T. 1995 Coherence in text vs. coherence in mindCoherence in Spontaneous Text, Gernsbacher, Morton Ann and T. Givón (eds.), pp. 59–116 | Article
Givón, T. 1995 Isomorphism in the Grammatical Code: Cognitive and Biological ConsiderationsIconicity in Language, Simone, Raffaele (ed.), pp. 47–76 | Article
Givón, T. 1994 Irrealis and the SubjunctiveStudies in Language 18:2, pp. 265–337 | Article
This paper suggest that in order to understand the cross-language distribution of the subjunctive mood one needs to understand the cross-grammar distribution of the irrealis modality, as well as have a general theory of modality, within which irrealis takes its rightful natural place. The… read more
Givón, T. and Lynne Yang 1994 The Rise of the English GET-PassiveVoice: Form and Function, Fox, Barbara A. and Paul J. Hopper (eds.), pp. 119–150 | Article
Givón, T. 1993 Coherence in text, coherence in mindPragmatics & Cognition 1:2, pp. 171–227 | Article
This paper suggests that text coherence is a multi-factored affair that, ultimately, pertains to the mental organization of episodic memory, most likely as a partially-hierarchic mental structure. What text researchers usually describe as coherence is merely an artifact of the cognitive phenomenon.… read more
Givón, T. 1991 The evolution of dependent clause morpho-syntax in Biblical HebrewApproaches to Grammaticalization: Volume II. Types of grammatical markers, Traugott, Elizabeth Closs and Bernd Heine (eds.), pp. 257–310 | Article
Young, Phil and T. Givón 1990 The puzzle of Ngäbére auxiliaries: Grammatical reconstruction in Chibchan and MisumalpanStudies in Typology and Diachrony: Papers presented to Joseph H. Greenberg on his 75th birthday, Croft, William A., Suzanne Kemmer and Keith Denning (eds.), pp. 209–243 | Article
Givón, T. 1988 Tale of two passives in UtePassive and Voice, Shibatani, Masayoshi (ed.), pp. 417–440 | Article
Givón, T. 1988 The pragmatics of word order: Predictability, importance and attentionStudies in Syntactic Typology, Hammond, Michael, Edith A. Moravcsik and Jessica Wirth (eds.), pp. 243–284 | Article
Wright, Suzanne and T. Givón 1987 The Pragmatics of Indefinite Reference: Quantified Text-Based StudiesStudies in Language 11:1, pp. 1–33 | Article
Cooreman, Ann, Barbara A. Fox and T. Givón 1984 The Discourse Definition of ErgativityStudies in Language 8:1, pp. 1–34 | Article
Givón, T. 1984 UteInterrogativity: A colloquium on the grammar, typology and pragmatics of questions in seven diverse languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th 1981-May 3rd 1982, Chisholm, William, Louis T. Milic and John A.C. Greppin (eds.), pp. 215–244 | Article
Givón, T. 1984 Universals of discourse structure and second language acquisitionLanguage Universals and Second Language Acquisition, Rutherford, William E. (ed.), pp. 109–136 | Article
Givón, T. 1983 Review of Cole (1981): Radical PragmaticsStudies in Language 7:1, pp. 151–155 | Review
Givón, T. 1982 Evidentiality and Epistemic SpaceStudies in Language 6:1, pp. 23–49 | Article
Givón, T. 1982 Tense-Aspect Modality: The Creole Proto-Type and BeyondTense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. 115–166 | Article
Givón, T. 1982 PrefaceTense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. v–vi | Preface
Givón, T. 1981 Typology and Functional DomainsStudies in Language 5:2, pp. 163–193 | Article
Givón, T. 1979 1. Prolegomena to any sane creologyReadings in Creole Studies, Hancock, Ian F. (ed.), pp. 3–35 | Chapter