T. Givón

T. Givón

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

Titles

[Not in series, 236] 2021. xii, 205 pp.

Subjects Classical linguistics | Historical linguistics | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

T. Givón

[Not in series, 230] 2020. xi, 293 pp.

Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes: Sex and sophistry in the Old Testament - A new English translation

T. Givón

[Not in series, 222] 2019. ix, 159 pp.

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

T. Givón

[Not in series, 204] 2017. xv, 414 pp.

Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

T. Givón

[Culture and Language Use, 15] 2016. xiv, 373 pp.

Subjects Dictionaries | Language documentation | Languages of North America | Theoretical linguistics

T. Givón

[Not in series, 192] 2015. 928 pp. (Hb in 2 vols.)

Subjects Evolution of language | Historical linguistics | Syntax

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

T. Givón

[Culture and Language Use, 3] 2011. xxiii, 441 pp.

Subjects Language documentation | Languages of North America | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, ontogeny, neuro-cognition, evolution

T. Givón

[Not in series, 146] 2009. xviii, 366 pp.

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

Context as Other Minds: The Pragmatics of Sociality, Cognition and Communication

T. Givón

[Not in series, 130] 2005. xvi, 283 pp.

Subjects Cognition and language | Philosophy | Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax

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

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

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

Conversation: Cognitive, communicative and social perspectives

Edited by T. Givón

[Typological Studies in Language, 34] 1997. viii, 302 pp.

Subjects Cognition and language | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

Grammatical Relations: A functionalist perspective

Edited by T. Givón

[Typological Studies in Language, 35] 1997. viii, 350 pp.

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

Edited by Morton Ann Gernsbacher and T. Givón

[Typological Studies in Language, 31] 1995. x, 267 pp.

Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Psycholinguistics

T. Givón

[Not in series, 74] 1995. xvii, 486 pp.

Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Edited by T. Givón

[Typological Studies in Language, 28] 1994. viii, 402 pp.

Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics

English Grammar: A function-based introduction. Volume I

T. Givón

[Not in series, ENGRAM 1] 1993. xxii, 318 pp.

Subjects English linguistics | Functional linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax

English Grammar: A function-based introduction. Volume II

T. Givón

[Not in series, ENGRAM 2] 1993. xv, 363 pp.

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

Syntax: A functional-typological introduction. Volume II

T. Givón

[Not in series, 50] 1991. xxvi, 554 pp.

Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Syntax: A functional-typological introduction. Volume I

T. Givón

[Not in series, 17] 1984. xx, 464 pp.

Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Topic Continuity in Discourse: A quantitative cross-language study

T. Givón

[Typological Studies in Language, 3] 1983. vi, 492 pp.

Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

Givón, T. 2016. The diachrony of pronominal agreement: In UTE and maybe elsewhere. Cyclical Change Continued, Gelderen, Elly van (ed.), pp. 251–286

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 | Article

Givón, T. 2016. The usual suspects: Multiple grammaticalization of ‘do’, ‘be’, ‘have’, and ‘go’ in Ute. Language Contact and Change in the Americas: Studies in honor of Marianne Mithun, Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L., Diane M. Hintz and Carmen Jany (eds.), pp. 219–246

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 | Article

Givón, T. 2016. Beyond structuralism: Exorcizing Saussure’s ghost. Studies in Language 40:3, pp. 681–704

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Givón, T. 2016. Nominalization and re-finitization. Finiteness and Nominalization, Chamoreau, Claudine and Zarina Estrada-Fernández (eds.), pp. 271–296

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 | Article

Givón, T. 2013. Beyond structuralism: Should we set a priori limits on our curiosity?. Studies in Language 37:2, pp. 413–423

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Givón, T. 2013. The diachrony of Ute case-marking. The 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

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 | Article

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

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 | Article

Givón, T. 2012. Toward a diachronic typology of relative clause. Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas: A typological overview, Comrie, Bernard and Zarina Estrada-Fernández (eds.), pp. 1–26

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 | Article

Givón, T. 2009. The ontogeny of complex verb phrases: How children learn to negotiate fact and desire. Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution, Givón, T. and Masayoshi Shibatani (eds.), pp. 311–388

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 | Article

Givón, T. 2009. Introduction. Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution, Givón, T. and Masayoshi Shibatani (eds.), pp. 1–20

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Givón, T. 2009. Multiple routes to clause union: The diachrony of complex verb phrases. Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution, Givón, T. and Masayoshi Shibatani (eds.), pp. 81–118

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 | Article

Givón, T. 2007. Grammar as an adaptive evolutionary product. Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse: In honour of Angela Downing, Butler, Christopher S., Raquel Hidalgo Downing and Julia Lavid-López (eds.), pp. 1–40

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 | Article

Givón, T. 2006. Grammatical relations in passive clauses: A diachronic perspective. Passivization and Typology: Form and function, Abraham, Werner and Larisa Leisiö (eds.), pp. 337–350

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 | Article

Givón, T. and Boniface Kawasha. 2006. Indiscrete grammatical relations: The Lunda passive. Voice and Grammatical Relations: In Honor of Masayoshi Shibatani, Tsunoda, Tasaku and Taro Kageyama (eds.), pp. 15–41

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Barker, Marjorie and T. Givón. 2002. 7. On the pre-linguistic origins of language processing rates. The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language, Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle (eds.), pp. 171–214

Chapter

Givón, T. 2002. 1. The visual information-processing system as an evolutionaryprecursor of human language. The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language, Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle (eds.), pp. 3–50

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Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle. 2002. Introduction. The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language, Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle (eds.), pp. vii ff.

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Givón, T. and Phil Young. 2002. Cooperation and interpersonal manipulation in the society of intimates. The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, Shibatani, Masayoshi (ed.), pp. 23–56

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Hennesy, Pelin Engin and T. Givón. 2002. Note on the grammar of Turkish nominalizations. Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse: Essays in honor of Sandra A. Thompson, Bybee, Joan L. and Michael Noonan (eds.), pp. 125–144

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Givón, T. 2001. Toward a neuro-cognitive interpretation of ‘context’. Pragmatics & Cognition 9:2, pp. 175–201

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 | Article

Givón, T. 2000. Internal reconstruction: As method, as theory. Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization, Gildea, Spike (ed.), pp. 107 ff.

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Givón, T. and Loren Bommelyn. 2000. The Evolution of De-Transitive Voice in Tolowa Athabaskan. Studies in Language 24:1, pp. 41–76

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Givón, T. 1998. On the Co-Evolution of Language, Mind and Brain. Evolution of Communication 2:1, pp. 45–116

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Dickinson, Connie and T. Givón. 1997. Memory and Conversation: Toward an Experimental Paradigm. Conversation: Cognitive, communicative and social perspectives, Givón, T. (ed.), pp. 91 ff.

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Givón, T. 1997. Grammatical Relations: An Introduction. Grammatical Relations: A functionalist perspective, Givón, T. (ed.), pp. 1 ff.

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Gernsbacher, Morton Ann and T. Givón. 1995. Introduction: Coherence as a mental entity. Coherence in Spontaneous Text, Gernsbacher, Morton Ann and T. Givón (eds.)

Miscellaneous

Givón, T. 1995. Coherence in text vs. coherence in mind. Coherence in Spontaneous Text, Gernsbacher, Morton Ann and T. Givón (eds.), pp. 59 ff.

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Givón, T. 1995. Isomorphism in the Grammatical Code: Cognitive and Biological Considerations. Iconicity in Language, Simone, Raffaele (ed.), pp. 47 ff.

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Givón, T. 1994. Irrealis and the Subjunctive. Studies in Language 18:2, pp. 265–337

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 | Article

Givón, T. 1994. The pragmatics of de-transitive voice: Functional and typological aspects of inversion. Voice and Inversion, Givón, T. (ed.), pp. 3 ff.

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Givón, T. and Lynne Yang. 1994. The Rise of the English GET-Passive. Voice: Form and Function, Fox, Barbara A. and Paul J. Hopper (eds.), pp. 119 ff.

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Givón, T. 1993. Coherence in text, coherence in mind. Pragmatics & Cognition 1:2, pp. 171–227

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 | Article