Investigations of the Syntax–Semantics–Pragmatics Interface

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Robert D. Van Valin Jr. | Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf & University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Investigations of the Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface presents on-going research in Role and Reference Grammar in a number of critical areas of linguistic theory: verb semantics and argument structure, the nature of syntactic categories and syntactic representation, prosody and syntax, information structure and syntax, and the syntax and semantics of complex sentences. In each of these areas there are important results which not only advance the development of the theory, but also contribute to the broader theoretical discussion. In particular, there are analyses of grammatical phenomena such as transitivity in Kabardian, the verb-less numeral quantifier construction in Japanese, and an unusual kind of complex sentence in Wari’ (Chapakuran, Brazil) which not only illustrate the descriptive and explanatory power of the theory, but also present interesting challenges to other approaches. In addition, there are papers looking at the implications and applications of Role and Reference Grammar for neurolinguistic research, parsing and automated text analysis.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 105] 2008. xxiv, 484 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.105

Table of Contents

List of contributors | pp. ix–xi

Editor's introduction | pp. xv–xxiv

"Saying" verbs in Spanish: Deepening the lexical semantics description

Sergio Ibañez Cerda | pp. 3–21

Split intransitivity in Japanese revisited

Kiyoko Toratani | pp. 23–35

Reintroducing inverse constructions in Japanese: The deictic verb kuru “to come” in the paradigms of argument encoding

Hiroaki Koga and Toshio Ohori | pp. 37–57

Transitivity in Kabardian

Ranko Matasović | pp. 59–74

Ditransitive constructions: Towards a new Role and Reference Grammar account?

Martin Haspelmath | pp. 75–100

Fluid transitivity and generalized semantic roles

Wataru Nakamura | pp. 101–116

Part III. Syntactic and morphological categories

Unification and separation in a functional theory of morphology

Javier Martín Arista | pp. 119–145

Modality in RRG: Towards a characterisation using Irish data

Brian Nolan | pp. 147–159

RPs and the nature of lexical and syntactic categories in Role and Reference Grammar

Robert D. Van Valin Jr. | pp. 161–178

“Floating plurals”, prodrop and agreement – an optimality-based RRG approach

Rolf Kailuweit | pp. 179–202

Where is the precore slot? Mapping the layered structure of the clause and German sentence topology

Elke Diedrichsen | pp. 203–224

Part IV. Syntax, pragmatics and prosody

A prosodic projection for Role and Reference Grammar

Rob O'Connor | pp. 227–244

Is Role and Reference Grammar an adequate grammatical theory for punctuation?

Valeriano Bellosta von Colbe | pp. 245–261

The interplay of focus structure and syntax: Evidence from two sister languages

Delia Bentley | pp. 263–284

How missing is the missing verb? The verb-less numeral quantifier construction in Japanese

Mitsuaki Shimojo | pp. 285–304

Predication and reference in specificational sentences – functions of English noun phrases

Emma Pavey | pp. 305–317

Part V. The analysis of complex sentences

Alternative expressions of 'want' complements

Lilián Guerrero | pp. 321–336

An RRG approach to French complementation patterns: Some operator constraints on the logical structure

Takahiro Morita | pp. 337–357

Complementizer-gap phenomena: Syntactic or pragmatic constraints?

John Löwenadler | pp. 359–379

Wari’ Intentional State Constructions

Daniel L. Everett | pp. 381–409

Part VI. Neurolinguistic and computational aspects of RRG

Unmarked transitivity: A processing constraint on linking

Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky and Matthias Schlesewsky | pp. 413–434

Parsing for Role and Reference Grammar

Elizabeth Guest | pp. 435–453

A Role-Lexical Module (RLM) for Biblical Hebrew: A mapping tool for RRG and WordNet

Nicolai Winther-Nielsen | pp. 455–478

Index of languages | pp. 479–480

Index of subjects | pp. 481–484

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2024. Microvariation at the Interfaces: The Subject of Predication of Broad Focus VS Constructions in Turinese and Milanese. Languages 9:2 ► pp. 37 ff.

Bohnemeyer, Jürgen & Robert D. Van Valin

2017. The macro-event property and the layered structure of the clause. Studies in Language 41:1 ► pp. 142 ff.

Buysse, Manon, Alex Housen & Michel Pierrard

2018. A Role and Reference Grammar Account of Clause Linkage Development in Second Language: An Application to English and French. Studia Linguistica 72:2 ► pp. 472 ff.

Corral Esteban, Avelino

2012. DOES THERE EXIST PASSIVE VOICE IN LAKHOTA AND CHEYENNE?. Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas 7:1

Goldberg, Adele E.

2020. Argument structure. In Handbook of Pragmatics [Handbook of Pragmatics, ], ► pp. 59 ff.

Iza Erviti, Aneider

2021. From Discourse Markers to Construction Grammar(s) in Discourse. In Discourse Constructions in English [Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics, ], ► pp. 7 ff.

Martín Arista, Javier

2011. Review of Kailuweit, Wiemer, Staudinger & Matasović (2008): New applications of Role and Reference Grammar: Diachrony, grammaticalization, Romance languages. Functions of Language 18:1 ► pp. 96 ff.

Nolan, Brian, Elke Diederichsen & Gudrun Rawoens

2015. Introduction. In Causation, Permission, and Transfer [Studies in Language Companion Series, 167], ► pp. 1 ff.

Pannain, Rossella & Anna Riccio

2014. Cardinal numerals. In Word Classes [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 332], ► pp. 161 ff.

Roberts, John R.

2017. A Typology of Switch Reference. In The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Typology, ► pp. 538 ff.

Sorace, Antonella

2011. Pinning down the concept of “interface” in bilingualism. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 1:1 ► pp. 1 ff.

Sosa Acevedo, Eulalia

2011. Review of Butler & Martín Arista (2008): Deconstructing constructions. Functions of Language 18:2 ► pp. 292 ff.

Van Valin Jr., Robert D.

2009. Role and reference grammar. In Handbook of Pragmatics, ► pp. 1 ff.

Van Valin Jr., Robert D.

2022. Role and reference grammar. In Handbook of Pragmatics [Handbook of Pragmatics, ], ► pp. 1171 ff.

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