The Life Cycle of Adpositions
T. Givón
[Not in series, 236] 2021. xii, 205 pp.
T. Givón
List of John Benjamins publications for which T. Givón plays a role.
Subjects Classical linguistics | Historical linguistics | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Cognition and language | Evolution of language | Interaction Studies | Neurolinguistics | Philosophy | Sociology
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
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Dictionaries | Language documentation | Languages of North America | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Evolution of language | Historical linguistics | Syntax
Subjects Language documentation | Languages of North America | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
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
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
Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
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
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
Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
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. v, 492 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics
2016 The diachrony of pronominal agreement: In UTE and maybe elsewhere Cyclical 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
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 Dagostino (eds.), pp. 219–246 | Article
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
2016 Beyond structuralism: Exorcizing Saussure’s ghost Studies in Language 40:3, pp. 681–704 | Article
2016 Nominalization and re-finitization Finiteness 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
2013 Beyond structuralism: Should we set a priori limits on our curiosity? Studies in Language 37:2, pp. 413–423 | Article
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 | 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
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
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. 3–26 | 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
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 | Article
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
2009 Introduction Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution, Givón, T. and Masayoshi Shibatani (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article
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 | 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
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 | 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
2006 Grammatical relations in passive clauses: A diachronic perspective Passivization 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
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 | Article
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
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 | Chapter
2002 Introduction The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language, Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle (eds.), pp. vii–x | Chapter
2002 Cooperation and interpersonal manipulation in the society of intimates The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, Shibatani, Masayoshi (ed.), pp. 23–56 | Article
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 | Article
2001 Toward a neuro-cognitive interpretation of ‘context’ Pragmatics & Cognition 9:2, pp. 175–201 | 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
2000 Internal reconstruction: As method, as theory Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization, Gildea, Spike (ed.), pp. 107–160 | Article
2000 The Evolution of De-Transitive Voice in Tolowa Athabaskan Studies in Language 24:1, pp. 41–76 | Article
1998 On the Co-Evolution of Language, Mind and Brain Evolution of Communication 2:1, pp. 45–116 | Article
1997 Memory and Conversation: Toward an Experimental Paradigm Conversation: Cognitive, communicative and social perspectives, Givón, T. (ed.), pp. 91–132 | Article
1997 Grammatical Relations: An Introduction Grammatical Relations: A functionalist perspective, Givón, T. (ed.), pp. 1–84 | Article
1995 Introduction: Coherence as a mental entity Coherence in Spontaneous Text, Gernsbacher, Morton Ann and T. Givón (eds.), pp. vii–x | Miscellaneous
1995 Coherence in text vs. coherence in mind Coherence in Spontaneous Text, Gernsbacher, Morton Ann and T. Givón (eds.), pp. 59–116 | Article
1995 Isomorphism in the Grammatical Code: Cognitive and Biological Considerations Iconicity in Language, Simone, Raffaele (ed.), pp. 47–76 | Article
1994 Irrealis and the Subjunctive Studies 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
1994 The pragmatics of de-transitive voice: Functional and typological aspects of inversion Voice and Inversion, Givón, T. (ed.), pp. 3–46 | Article
1994 The Rise of the English GET-Passive Voice: Form and Function, Fox, Barbara A. and Paul J. Hopper (eds.), pp. 119–150 | Article
1993 Coherence in text, coherence in mind Pragmatics & 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
1992 On interpreting text-distributional correlations: some methodological issues Pragmatics of Word Order Flexibility, Payne, Doris L. (ed.), pp. 305–320 | Article
1991 Isomorphism in the Grammatical Code: Cognitive and Biological Considerations Studies in Language 15:1, pp. 85–114 | Article
1991 Some Substantive Issues Concerning Verb Serialization: Grammatical vs. Cognitive Packaging Serial Verbs: Grammatical, Comparative and Cognitive Approaches, Lefebvre, Claire (ed.), pp. 137–184 | Article
1991 Serial verbs and the mental reality of ‘event’: Grammatical vs. cognitive packaging Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues, Traugott, Elizabeth Closs and Bernd Heine (eds.), pp. 81–128 | Article
1991 The evolution of dependent clause morpho-syntax in Biblical Hebrew Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume II. Types of grammatical markers, Traugott, Elizabeth Closs and Bernd Heine (eds.), pp. 257–310 | Article
1990 Verb serialization in Tok Pisin and Kalam: A comparative study of temporal packaging Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Melanesia, Verhaar, S.J., John W.M. (ed.), pp. 19–56 | Article
1990 The puzzle of Ngäbére auxiliaries: Grammatical reconstruction in Chibchan and Misumalpan Studies 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
1988 Tale of two passives in Ute Passive and Voice, Shibatani, Masayoshi (ed.), pp. 417–440 | Article
1988 The pragmatics of word order: Predictability, importance and attention Studies in Syntactic Typology, Hammond, Michael, Edith A. Moravcsik and Jessica Wirth (eds.), pp. 243–284 | Article
1987 Beyond foreground and background Coherence and Grounding in Discourse: Outcome of a Symposium, Eugene, Oregon, June 1984, Tomlin, Russell S., pp. 175–188 | Article
1987 The Pragmatics of Indefinite Reference: Quantified Text-Based Studies Studies in Language 11:1, pp. 1–33 | Article
1986 Prototypes: Between Plato and Wittgenstein Noun Classes and Categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983, Craig, Colette G. (ed.), pp. 77–102 | Article
1985 Iconicity, isomorphism, and non-arbitrary coding in syntax Iconicity in Syntax: Proceedings of a symposium on iconicity in syntax, Stanford, June 24–26, 1983, Haiman, John (ed.), pp. 187–220 | Article
1984 The Discourse Definition of Ergativity Studies in Language 8:1, pp. 1–34 | Article
1984 Ute Interrogativity: 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
1984 Universals of discourse structure and second language acquisition Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition, Rutherford, William E. (ed.), pp. 109–136 | Article
1983 Review of Cole (1981): Radical Pragmatics Studies in Language 7:1, pp. 151–155 | Review
1983 Topic continuity and word-order pragmatics in Ute Topic Continuity in Discourse: A quantitative cross-language study, Givón, T., pp. 141–214 | Article
1983 Topic continuity in discourse: An introduction Topic Continuity in Discourse: A quantitative cross-language study, Givón, T., pp. 1–42 | Article
1983 Topic continuity in discourse: The functional domain of switch-reference Switch Reference and Universal Grammar: Proceedings of a symposium on switch reference and universal grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981, Haiman, John and Pamela Munro (eds.), pp. 51–82 | Article
1983 Topic continuity in spoken English Topic Continuity in Discourse: A quantitative cross-language study, Givón, T., pp. 343–364 | Article
1982 Evidentiality and Epistemic Space Studies in Language 6:1, pp. 23–49 | Article
1982 Tense-Aspect Modality: The Creole Proto-Type and Beyond Tense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. 115–166 | Article
1982 Preface Tense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. v–vi | Preface
1981 Typology and Functional Domains Studies in Language 5:2, pp. 163–193 | Article
1980 The Binding Hierarchy and the Typology of Complements Studies in Language 4:3, pp. 333–377 | Article
1979 1. Prolegomena to any sane creology Readings in Creole Studies, Hancock, Ian F. (ed.), pp. 3–35 | Chapter