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The focus in this volume is on typological and historical issues. 03 00 Semantic roles have continued to intrigue linguists for more than four decades now, starting with determining their kind and number, with their morphological expression, and with their interaction with argument structure and syntax. The focus in this volume is on typological and historical issues. The papers focus on the cross-linguistic identification of semantic-role equivalents, on the regularity of, and exceptions concerning change and grammaticalization in semantic roles, the variation of encoding the roles of direction and experiencer in specific languages, presenting evidence for identifying a new semantic role of speech addressee in Caucasian languages, on semantic roles in word formation, and finally a cross-linguistic comparison of the functions and the grammaticalization of the ethical dative in some Indo-European languages. The book will be of interest to anyone involved with case and semantic roles, with the syntax-semantics interface, and with semantic change and grammaticalization. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/tsl.106.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027206879.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027206879.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/tsl.106.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/tsl.106.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/tsl.106.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/tsl.106.hb.png 01 01 JB code tsl.106.01lur 06 10.1075/tsl.106.01lur 1 22 22 Article 1 01 04 Perspectives on semantic roles Perspectives on semantic roles 01 04 An introduction An introduction 1 A01 01 JB code 408216360 Silvia Luraghi Luraghi, Silvia Silvia Luraghi University of Pavia 2 A01 01 JB code 749216361 Heiko Narrog Narrog, Heiko Heiko Narrog Tohoku University 01 01 JB code tsl.106.02cys 06 10.1075/tsl.106.02cys 23 68 46 Article 2 01 04 Inducing semantic roles Inducing semantic roles 1 A01 01 JB code 44216362 Michael Cysouw Cysouw, Michael Michael Cysouw Philipps Universität Marburg 01 01 JB code tsl.106.03nar 06 10.1075/tsl.106.03nar 69 98 30 Article 3 01 04 The grammaticalization chain of case functions The grammaticalization chain of case functions 01 04 Extension and reanalysis of case marking vs. universals of grammaticalization Extension and reanalysis of case marking vs. universals of grammaticalization 1 A01 01 JB code 428216363 Heiko Narrog Narrog, Heiko Heiko Narrog Tohoku University 01 01 JB code tsl.106.04lur 06 10.1075/tsl.106.04lur 99 150 52 Article 4 01 04 Plotting diachronic semantic maps Plotting diachronic semantic maps 01 04 The role of metaphors The role of metaphors 1 A01 01 JB code 709216364 Silvia Luraghi Luraghi, Silvia Silvia Luraghi University of Pavia 01 01 JB code tsl.106.05kit 06 10.1075/tsl.106.05kit 151 180 30 Article 5 01 04 The (non-)prototypicality of Direction The (non-)prototypicality of Direction 01 04 The (allative and illative) case(s) of Finnish The (allative and illative) case(s) of Finnish 1 A01 01 JB code 1216365 Seppo Kittilä Kittilä, Seppo Seppo Kittilä University of Helsinki 01 01 JB code tsl.106.06dah 06 10.1075/tsl.106.06dah 181 204 24 Article 6 01 04 The Morphosyntax of the Experiencer in Early Vedic The Morphosyntax of the Experiencer in Early Vedic 1 A01 01 JB code 370216366 Eystein Dahl Dahl, Eystein Eystein Dahl University of Tromsø 01 01 JB code tsl.106.07dan 06 10.1075/tsl.106.07dan 205 240 36 Article 7 01 04 Against the addressee of speech - Recipient metaphor Against the addressee of speech – Recipient metaphor 01 04 Evidence from East Caucasian Evidence from East Caucasian 1 A01 01 JB code 690216367 Michael A. Daniel Daniel, Michael A. Michael A. Daniel Higher School of Economics 01 01 JB code tsl.106.08luj 06 10.1075/tsl.106.08luj 241 270 30 Article 8 01 04 Semantic roles and word formation Semantic roles and word formation 01 04 Instrument and Location in Ancient Greek Instrument and Location in Ancient Greek 1 A01 01 JB code 21216368 Eugenio R. Luján Luján, Eugenio R. Eugenio R. Luján Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) 2 A01 01 JB code 701216369 César Ruiz Abad Abad, César Ruiz César Ruiz Abad Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) 01 01 JB code tsl.106.09nic 06 10.1075/tsl.106.09nic 271 326 56 Article 9 01 04 From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors 01 04 A constructional comparison between German, Italian and French A constructional comparison between German, Italian and French 1 A01 01 JB code 907216370 Domenico Niclot Niclot, Domenico Domenico Niclot Domenico.Niclot@uni-duesseldorf.de 01 01 JB code tsl.106.10aut 06 10.1075/tsl.106.10aut 327 330 4 Article 10 01 04 Author index Author index 01 01 JB code tsl.106.11lan 06 10.1075/tsl.106.11lan 331 332 2 Article 11 01 04 Language index Language index 01 01 JB code tsl.106.12sub 06 10.1075/tsl.106.12sub 333 336 4 Article 12 01 04 Subject index Subject index 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20140819 C 2014 John Benjamins D 2014 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027206879 WORLD 03 01 JB 17 Google 03 https://play.google.com/store/books 21 01 00 Unqualified price 00 99.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 00 83.00 GBP 01 00 Unqualified price 00 149.00 USD 163015281 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code TSL 106 Hb 15 9789027206879 06 10.1075/tsl.106 13 2014016110 00 BB 08 760 gr 10 01 JB code TSL 02 0167-7373 02 106.00 01 02 Typological Studies in Language Typological Studies in Language 01 01 Perspectives on Semantic Roles Perspectives on Semantic Roles 1 B01 01 JB code 996206962 Silvia Luraghi Luraghi, Silvia Silvia Luraghi University of Pavia 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/996206962 2 B01 01 JB code 558206963 Heiko Narrog Narrog, Heiko Heiko Narrog Tokohu University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/558206963 01 eng 11 342 03 03 vi 03 00 336 03 01 23 401/.43 03 2014 P325 04 Semantics. 04 Typology (Linguistics) 10 LAN009000 12 CFG 24 JB code LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 24 JB code LIN.TYP Typology 01 06 02 00 Semantic roles have continued to intrigue linguists for more than four decades now, starting with determining their kind and number, with their morphological expression, and with their interaction with argument structure and syntax. The focus in this volume is on typological and historical issues. 03 00 Semantic roles have continued to intrigue linguists for more than four decades now, starting with determining their kind and number, with their morphological expression, and with their interaction with argument structure and syntax. The focus in this volume is on typological and historical issues. The papers focus on the cross-linguistic identification of semantic-role equivalents, on the regularity of, and exceptions concerning change and grammaticalization in semantic roles, the variation of encoding the roles of direction and experiencer in specific languages, presenting evidence for identifying a new semantic role of speech addressee in Caucasian languages, on semantic roles in word formation, and finally a cross-linguistic comparison of the functions and the grammaticalization of the ethical dative in some Indo-European languages. The book will be of interest to anyone involved with case and semantic roles, with the syntax-semantics interface, and with semantic change and grammaticalization. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/tsl.106.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027206879.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027206879.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/tsl.106.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/tsl.106.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/tsl.106.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/tsl.106.hb.png 01 01 JB code tsl.106.01lur 06 10.1075/tsl.106.01lur 1 22 22 Article 1 01 04 Perspectives on semantic roles Perspectives on semantic roles 01 04 An introduction An introduction 1 A01 01 JB code 408216360 Silvia Luraghi Luraghi, Silvia Silvia Luraghi University of Pavia 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/408216360 2 A01 01 JB code 749216361 Heiko Narrog Narrog, Heiko Heiko Narrog Tohoku University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/749216361 01 eng 01 01 JB code tsl.106.02cys 06 10.1075/tsl.106.02cys 23 68 46 Article 2 01 04 Inducing semantic roles Inducing semantic roles 1 A01 01 JB code 44216362 Michael Cysouw Cysouw, Michael Michael Cysouw Philipps Universität Marburg 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/44216362 01 eng 03 00 Instead of defining semantic roles on the basis of the interpretation of lexical predicates, I will show that it is possible to induce semantic roles from the usage of case-like markers across a wide variety of languages. The assumptions behind this proposal are, first, that semantic roles are strongly contextually determined and, second, that similarity in coding of contextual roles across many different languages shows which contexts evoke the same (or better: very similar) semantic roles. This approach to the investigation of semantic roles will be exemplified by a study of case-like marking in a parallel text across a sample of fifteen languages. On this basis, a semantic map of contextual roles can be established, and it will be shown that higher-level abstractions, like semantic roles or even macro-roles, can be statistically derived from this diversity of marking across many languages. Further, a typology of alignment systems can be derived statistically. Keywords: Semantic roles; case; parallel text; linguistic typology; alignment 01 01 JB code tsl.106.03nar 06 10.1075/tsl.106.03nar 69 98 30 Article 3 01 04 The grammaticalization chain of case functions The grammaticalization chain of case functions 01 04 Extension and reanalysis of case marking vs. universals of grammaticalization Extension and reanalysis of case marking vs. universals of grammaticalization 1 A01 01 JB code 428216363 Heiko Narrog Narrog, Heiko Heiko Narrog Tohoku University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/428216363 01 eng 03 00 In the 1980s and 1990s, grammaticalization research brought forth a number of intriguing proposals concerning the directionality of extension and change between case functions, i.e. semantic roles. One of these proposals, by Heine et al. (1991), consisted in a single unidirectional chain of increasing grammaticalization of case functions, advancing from the spatial domain via an anthropocentric domain to inanimate and abstract domains, based on metaphorical extension. This bold proposal is still often referred to, but has proven to be problematic in some points, especially in the intermediate area of anthropocentric concepts. The present paper investigates this chain in detail, showing which hypothesized extensions still hold and which not. It is argued that the single chain is untenable and has to be broken up into at least two larger directionalities, one leading to the development of the expression of core participants, often triggered by constructional reanalysis, and the other leading to highly abstract, inanimate case roles. The application of the concept of metaphorical extension to the reanalysis cases is much less straightforward than that to the semantically motivated cases. However, the result of change is similar, as the semantic weight of the linguistic expression shifts practically completely to the nominal, and case marking becomes almost purely syntactic marking. Dative case functions are in an intermediate position leading to extensions both in the direction of core participants and to inanimate, abstract roles. Keywords: Grammaticalization; semantic roles; semantic maps; unidirectionality; case functions; metaphor 01 01 JB code tsl.106.04lur 06 10.1075/tsl.106.04lur 99 150 52 Article 4 01 04 Plotting diachronic semantic maps Plotting diachronic semantic maps 01 04 The role of metaphors The role of metaphors 1 A01 01 JB code 709216364 Silvia Luraghi Luraghi, Silvia Silvia Luraghi University of Pavia 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/709216364 01 eng 03 00 The paper discusses patterns of polysemy among semantic roles in cross-linguistic perspective, and the possible way in which such polysemies come into being through meaning extension of morphemes (cases and adposition) that encode semantic roles. Semantic extension is described based on commonly assumed metaphors, which are thought to account for frequent polysemies, such as the Companion Metaphor in the case of the Comitative-Instrument polysemy. Taking space as a basic domain, metaphors are shown to provide links among different cognitive domains, which account for the position of semantic roles relative to one another in the ensuing semantic map. Such map incorporates diachronic information, assuming that metaphorical extension reflects diachronic developments. Although the specific focus of the paper concerns the contribution of metaphors to semantic extension, it is also shown that other processes are involved, such as analogy and various kinds of metonymy, which can account for some specific patterns of polysemy among semantic roles. Keywords: Metaphor; semantic maps; polysemy; meaning extension 01 01 JB code tsl.106.05kit 06 10.1075/tsl.106.05kit 151 180 30 Article 5 01 04 The (non-)prototypicality of Direction The (non-)prototypicality of Direction 01 04 The (allative and illative) case(s) of Finnish The (allative and illative) case(s) of Finnish 1 A01 01 JB code 1216365 Seppo Kittilä Kittilä, Seppo Seppo Kittilä University of Helsinki 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/1216365 01 eng 03 00 The present paper examines the coding of Direction in Finnish. It will deal with both typical and less typical instances of Direction in light of features, such as animacy, size of the landmark and the nature of the reference to the landmark. The paper pursues two goals. First, it will show that the coding of Direction in Finnish is determined by markedness. In other words, the coding of Direction can be explained by referring to the typical vs. atypical nature of Direction (which depends on the landmark in question), and more importantly, canonical instances bear less elaborate coding than non-canonical instances. In so doing, the paper sheds more light on the semantic role of Direction, i.e. the question what the features are that should be considered in the studies dealing with Direction. Second, the paper aims at contributing to our understanding of the differences between cases and adpositions. Cases and adpositions unarguably share common features, and both of them can be used to express similar functions (such as coding of semantic roles). However, they differ crucially from each other as regards their use as markers of Direction, as already hinted at above. Keywords: Finnish; allative; illative; directional cases; markedness 01 01 JB code tsl.106.06dah 06 10.1075/tsl.106.06dah 181 204 24 Article 6 01 04 The Morphosyntax of the Experiencer in Early Vedic The Morphosyntax of the Experiencer in Early Vedic 1 A01 01 JB code 370216366 Eystein Dahl Dahl, Eystein Eystein Dahl University of Tromsø 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/370216366 01 eng 03 00 This paper examines the encoding of Experiencer arguments in Early Vedic, the earliest attested stage of Indo-Aryan. Although Experiential predicates show a broad variety of case-marking patterns in this language, the Experiencer is primarily expressed by the nominative, the accusative or the dative. In this respect, this semantic role differs from other roles like Agent, Patient, Recipient or Benefactive which show a more restricted range of case-marking options. Examining the distribution of the three Experiencer constructions, I demonstrate that there is a strong tendency in Early Vedic for the Experiencer to be construed as subject with Experiential verbs, although some experiential verbs show an inverted argument realization construction, where the Stimulus is expressed as subject and the Experiencer as object. Keywords: Vedic Sanskrit; Experiencer; Proto-Roles; Argument realization; Case-marking 01 01 JB code tsl.106.07dan 06 10.1075/tsl.106.07dan 205 240 36 Article 7 01 04 Against the addressee of speech - Recipient metaphor Against the addressee of speech – Recipient metaphor 01 04 Evidence from East Caucasian Evidence from East Caucasian 1 A01 01 JB code 690216367 Michael A. Daniel Daniel, Michael A. Michael A. Daniel Higher School of Economics 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/690216367 01 eng 03 00 In Standard Average European (SAE), addressees of speech verbs are marked with dative or, in languages lacking cases, with dative-like prepositions. This merger is commonly explained through a metaphor: the information transferred in a speech act is said to be construed as the object being transferred, or Theme, and the addressee as its Recipient. This status of the addressee as a derived concept, a metaphor of the Recipient, and its dative marking in many languages rather than in SAE alone, is the reason why the addressee is usually not considered to be a separate semantic role. Based on data from East Caucasian languages that use different marking for Recipients and addressees of speech, I argue that speech addressees constitute a separate semantic role, also an animate Goal, but not a metaphor of the Recipient. Focusing on case marking assigned by the main speech verb, speech acts are shown to be construed in East Caucasian as spatial configurations: the crucial component is their directedness towards the addressee. In the conclusion, I come back to SAE and question the status of the dative addressees. Taking into account that the dative often develops from lative markers, it is suggested that, in the languages with dative addressees, one should also consider an alternative to the conventional explanation: merging the Recipient and the addressee in one marking may result not from a metaphorical extension but from formal under-specification of two different animate Goals. Keywords: semantic roles; speech verbs; case functions; metaphor; dative; allative; Recipient; Goal; East Caucasian languages 01 01 JB code tsl.106.08luj 06 10.1075/tsl.106.08luj 241 270 30 Article 8 01 04 Semantic roles and word formation Semantic roles and word formation 01 04 Instrument and Location in Ancient Greek Instrument and Location in Ancient Greek 1 A01 01 JB code 21216368 Eugenio R. Luján Luján, Eugenio R. Eugenio R. Luján Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/21216368 2 A01 01 JB code 701216369 César Ruiz Abad Abad, César Ruiz César Ruiz Abad Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/701216369 01 eng 03 00 In functional-typological approaches to syntax the identification of semantic roles and the grammatical markers associated with them has been an important goal. In this paper it is argued that a similar approach to word formation patterns is possible and some criteria for the identification of the semantic roles in the domain of derivational morphology are provided. Agent, Instrument, and Location can be considered as different semantic roles in morphology, but polysemy between two or more of them is also frequent cross-linguistically. Deverbal suffixes employed in Ancient Greek for deriving instrumental and locative nouns are surveyed as a case study. The semantic analysis of the derivative nouns shows that those suffixes are also employed for building other nouns that are semantically related, but cannot be considered Instruments and Locations proper, such as non-prototypical instruments, prizes and rewards, and others. In general, when there is no specific suffix for a semantic role but a noun expressing it needs to be coined, suffixes for neighbouring semantic roles will be employed, depending on the available metaphor or metonymy that allows for the semantic extension. The comparison of these findings to the conceptual organization of grammatical morphemes in the same language (Greek) and in other languages in general reveals that both in syntax and morphology a similar semantic organization is found. However, the number of semantic roles that can be identified in syntax is higher than the number of semantic roles reflected in word formation patterns, so that semantic maps of word formation patterns are similar in shape but more reduced. Keywords: Semantic roles; word formation patterns; nominal morphology; derivation; Instrument; Location; Agent; Ancient Greek; semantic maps 01 01 JB code tsl.106.09nic 06 10.1075/tsl.106.09nic 271 326 56 Article 9 01 04 From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors 01 04 A constructional comparison between German, Italian and French A constructional comparison between German, Italian and French 1 A01 01 JB code 907216370 Domenico Niclot Niclot, Domenico Domenico Niclot Domenico.Niclot@uni-duesseldorf.de 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/907216370 01 eng 03 00 This paper targets the phenomenon of non valence-governed datives of affectedness linked to possession. By adopting a constructional approach based on Goldberg (1995) and a revision of Raineri and Evola (2008), I work out a grid that may be adopted for cross-linguistic purposes. By applying this model to German, French and Italian, I show that the latter language, contrary to the two former ones has thoroughly grammaticalized this function. I also propose a tentative account of the grammaticalization paths that may have led to the heterogeneous behavior of the languages under discussion with respect to this construction. 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The focus in this volume is on typological and historical issues. 03 00 Semantic roles have continued to intrigue linguists for more than four decades now, starting with determining their kind and number, with their morphological expression, and with their interaction with argument structure and syntax. The focus in this volume is on typological and historical issues. The papers focus on the cross-linguistic identification of semantic-role equivalents, on the regularity of, and exceptions concerning change and grammaticalization in semantic roles, the variation of encoding the roles of direction and experiencer in specific languages, presenting evidence for identifying a new semantic role of speech addressee in Caucasian languages, on semantic roles in word formation, and finally a cross-linguistic comparison of the functions and the grammaticalization of the ethical dative in some Indo-European languages. The book will be of interest to anyone involved with case and semantic roles, with the syntax-semantics interface, and with semantic change and grammaticalization. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/tsl.106.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027206879.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027206879.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/tsl.106.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/tsl.106.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/tsl.106.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/tsl.106.hb.png 01 01 JB code tsl.106.01lur 06 10.1075/tsl.106.01lur 1 22 22 Article 1 01 04 Perspectives on semantic roles Perspectives on semantic roles 01 04 An introduction An introduction 1 A01 01 JB code 408216360 Silvia Luraghi Luraghi, Silvia Silvia Luraghi University of Pavia 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/408216360 2 A01 01 JB code 749216361 Heiko Narrog Narrog, Heiko Heiko Narrog Tohoku University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/749216361 01 eng 01 01 JB code tsl.106.02cys 06 10.1075/tsl.106.02cys 23 68 46 Article 2 01 04 Inducing semantic roles Inducing semantic roles 1 A01 01 JB code 44216362 Michael Cysouw Cysouw, Michael Michael Cysouw Philipps Universität Marburg 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/44216362 01 eng 03 00 Instead of defining semantic roles on the basis of the interpretation of lexical predicates, I will show that it is possible to induce semantic roles from the usage of case-like markers across a wide variety of languages. The assumptions behind this proposal are, first, that semantic roles are strongly contextually determined and, second, that similarity in coding of contextual roles across many different languages shows which contexts evoke the same (or better: very similar) semantic roles. This approach to the investigation of semantic roles will be exemplified by a study of case-like marking in a parallel text across a sample of fifteen languages. On this basis, a semantic map of contextual roles can be established, and it will be shown that higher-level abstractions, like semantic roles or even macro-roles, can be statistically derived from this diversity of marking across many languages. Further, a typology of alignment systems can be derived statistically. Keywords: Semantic roles; case; parallel text; linguistic typology; alignment 01 01 JB code tsl.106.03nar 06 10.1075/tsl.106.03nar 69 98 30 Article 3 01 04 The grammaticalization chain of case functions The grammaticalization chain of case functions 01 04 Extension and reanalysis of case marking vs. universals of grammaticalization Extension and reanalysis of case marking vs. universals of grammaticalization 1 A01 01 JB code 428216363 Heiko Narrog Narrog, Heiko Heiko Narrog Tohoku University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/428216363 01 eng 03 00 In the 1980s and 1990s, grammaticalization research brought forth a number of intriguing proposals concerning the directionality of extension and change between case functions, i.e. semantic roles. One of these proposals, by Heine et al. (1991), consisted in a single unidirectional chain of increasing grammaticalization of case functions, advancing from the spatial domain via an anthropocentric domain to inanimate and abstract domains, based on metaphorical extension. This bold proposal is still often referred to, but has proven to be problematic in some points, especially in the intermediate area of anthropocentric concepts. The present paper investigates this chain in detail, showing which hypothesized extensions still hold and which not. It is argued that the single chain is untenable and has to be broken up into at least two larger directionalities, one leading to the development of the expression of core participants, often triggered by constructional reanalysis, and the other leading to highly abstract, inanimate case roles. The application of the concept of metaphorical extension to the reanalysis cases is much less straightforward than that to the semantically motivated cases. However, the result of change is similar, as the semantic weight of the linguistic expression shifts practically completely to the nominal, and case marking becomes almost purely syntactic marking. Dative case functions are in an intermediate position leading to extensions both in the direction of core participants and to inanimate, abstract roles. Keywords: Grammaticalization; semantic roles; semantic maps; unidirectionality; case functions; metaphor 01 01 JB code tsl.106.04lur 06 10.1075/tsl.106.04lur 99 150 52 Article 4 01 04 Plotting diachronic semantic maps Plotting diachronic semantic maps 01 04 The role of metaphors The role of metaphors 1 A01 01 JB code 709216364 Silvia Luraghi Luraghi, Silvia Silvia Luraghi University of Pavia 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/709216364 01 eng 03 00 The paper discusses patterns of polysemy among semantic roles in cross-linguistic perspective, and the possible way in which such polysemies come into being through meaning extension of morphemes (cases and adposition) that encode semantic roles. Semantic extension is described based on commonly assumed metaphors, which are thought to account for frequent polysemies, such as the Companion Metaphor in the case of the Comitative-Instrument polysemy. Taking space as a basic domain, metaphors are shown to provide links among different cognitive domains, which account for the position of semantic roles relative to one another in the ensuing semantic map. Such map incorporates diachronic information, assuming that metaphorical extension reflects diachronic developments. Although the specific focus of the paper concerns the contribution of metaphors to semantic extension, it is also shown that other processes are involved, such as analogy and various kinds of metonymy, which can account for some specific patterns of polysemy among semantic roles. Keywords: Metaphor; semantic maps; polysemy; meaning extension 01 01 JB code tsl.106.05kit 06 10.1075/tsl.106.05kit 151 180 30 Article 5 01 04 The (non-)prototypicality of Direction The (non-)prototypicality of Direction 01 04 The (allative and illative) case(s) of Finnish The (allative and illative) case(s) of Finnish 1 A01 01 JB code 1216365 Seppo Kittilä Kittilä, Seppo Seppo Kittilä University of Helsinki 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/1216365 01 eng 03 00 The present paper examines the coding of Direction in Finnish. It will deal with both typical and less typical instances of Direction in light of features, such as animacy, size of the landmark and the nature of the reference to the landmark. The paper pursues two goals. First, it will show that the coding of Direction in Finnish is determined by markedness. In other words, the coding of Direction can be explained by referring to the typical vs. atypical nature of Direction (which depends on the landmark in question), and more importantly, canonical instances bear less elaborate coding than non-canonical instances. In so doing, the paper sheds more light on the semantic role of Direction, i.e. the question what the features are that should be considered in the studies dealing with Direction. Second, the paper aims at contributing to our understanding of the differences between cases and adpositions. Cases and adpositions unarguably share common features, and both of them can be used to express similar functions (such as coding of semantic roles). However, they differ crucially from each other as regards their use as markers of Direction, as already hinted at above. Keywords: Finnish; allative; illative; directional cases; markedness 01 01 JB code tsl.106.06dah 06 10.1075/tsl.106.06dah 181 204 24 Article 6 01 04 The Morphosyntax of the Experiencer in Early Vedic The Morphosyntax of the Experiencer in Early Vedic 1 A01 01 JB code 370216366 Eystein Dahl Dahl, Eystein Eystein Dahl University of Tromsø 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/370216366 01 eng 03 00 This paper examines the encoding of Experiencer arguments in Early Vedic, the earliest attested stage of Indo-Aryan. Although Experiential predicates show a broad variety of case-marking patterns in this language, the Experiencer is primarily expressed by the nominative, the accusative or the dative. In this respect, this semantic role differs from other roles like Agent, Patient, Recipient or Benefactive which show a more restricted range of case-marking options. Examining the distribution of the three Experiencer constructions, I demonstrate that there is a strong tendency in Early Vedic for the Experiencer to be construed as subject with Experiential verbs, although some experiential verbs show an inverted argument realization construction, where the Stimulus is expressed as subject and the Experiencer as object. Keywords: Vedic Sanskrit; Experiencer; Proto-Roles; Argument realization; Case-marking 01 01 JB code tsl.106.07dan 06 10.1075/tsl.106.07dan 205 240 36 Article 7 01 04 Against the addressee of speech - Recipient metaphor Against the addressee of speech – Recipient metaphor 01 04 Evidence from East Caucasian Evidence from East Caucasian 1 A01 01 JB code 690216367 Michael A. Daniel Daniel, Michael A. Michael A. Daniel Higher School of Economics 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/690216367 01 eng 03 00 In Standard Average European (SAE), addressees of speech verbs are marked with dative or, in languages lacking cases, with dative-like prepositions. This merger is commonly explained through a metaphor: the information transferred in a speech act is said to be construed as the object being transferred, or Theme, and the addressee as its Recipient. This status of the addressee as a derived concept, a metaphor of the Recipient, and its dative marking in many languages rather than in SAE alone, is the reason why the addressee is usually not considered to be a separate semantic role. Based on data from East Caucasian languages that use different marking for Recipients and addressees of speech, I argue that speech addressees constitute a separate semantic role, also an animate Goal, but not a metaphor of the Recipient. Focusing on case marking assigned by the main speech verb, speech acts are shown to be construed in East Caucasian as spatial configurations: the crucial component is their directedness towards the addressee. In the conclusion, I come back to SAE and question the status of the dative addressees. Taking into account that the dative often develops from lative markers, it is suggested that, in the languages with dative addressees, one should also consider an alternative to the conventional explanation: merging the Recipient and the addressee in one marking may result not from a metaphorical extension but from formal under-specification of two different animate Goals. Keywords: semantic roles; speech verbs; case functions; metaphor; dative; allative; Recipient; Goal; East Caucasian languages 01 01 JB code tsl.106.08luj 06 10.1075/tsl.106.08luj 241 270 30 Article 8 01 04 Semantic roles and word formation Semantic roles and word formation 01 04 Instrument and Location in Ancient Greek Instrument and Location in Ancient Greek 1 A01 01 JB code 21216368 Eugenio R. Luján Luján, Eugenio R. Eugenio R. Luján Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/21216368 2 A01 01 JB code 701216369 César Ruiz Abad Abad, César Ruiz César Ruiz Abad Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/701216369 01 eng 03 00 In functional-typological approaches to syntax the identification of semantic roles and the grammatical markers associated with them has been an important goal. In this paper it is argued that a similar approach to word formation patterns is possible and some criteria for the identification of the semantic roles in the domain of derivational morphology are provided. Agent, Instrument, and Location can be considered as different semantic roles in morphology, but polysemy between two or more of them is also frequent cross-linguistically. Deverbal suffixes employed in Ancient Greek for deriving instrumental and locative nouns are surveyed as a case study. The semantic analysis of the derivative nouns shows that those suffixes are also employed for building other nouns that are semantically related, but cannot be considered Instruments and Locations proper, such as non-prototypical instruments, prizes and rewards, and others. In general, when there is no specific suffix for a semantic role but a noun expressing it needs to be coined, suffixes for neighbouring semantic roles will be employed, depending on the available metaphor or metonymy that allows for the semantic extension. The comparison of these findings to the conceptual organization of grammatical morphemes in the same language (Greek) and in other languages in general reveals that both in syntax and morphology a similar semantic organization is found. However, the number of semantic roles that can be identified in syntax is higher than the number of semantic roles reflected in word formation patterns, so that semantic maps of word formation patterns are similar in shape but more reduced. Keywords: Semantic roles; word formation patterns; nominal morphology; derivation; Instrument; Location; Agent; Ancient Greek; semantic maps 01 01 JB code tsl.106.09nic 06 10.1075/tsl.106.09nic 271 326 56 Article 9 01 04 From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors 01 04 A constructional comparison between German, Italian and French A constructional comparison between German, Italian and French 1 A01 01 JB code 907216370 Domenico Niclot Niclot, Domenico Domenico Niclot Domenico.Niclot@uni-duesseldorf.de 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/907216370 01 eng 03 00 This paper targets the phenomenon of non valence-governed datives of affectedness linked to possession. By adopting a constructional approach based on Goldberg (1995) and a revision of Raineri and Evola (2008), I work out a grid that may be adopted for cross-linguistic purposes. By applying this model to German, French and Italian, I show that the latter language, contrary to the two former ones has thoroughly grammaticalized this function. I also propose a tentative account of the grammaticalization paths that may have led to the heterogeneous behavior of the languages under discussion with respect to this construction. Keywords: Construction Grammar; Dative; Beneficiary; Maleficiary; Affectedness; Grammaticalization 01 01 JB code tsl.106.10aut 06 10.1075/tsl.106.10aut 327 330 4 Article 10 01 04 Author index Author index 01 eng 01 01 JB code tsl.106.11lan 06 10.1075/tsl.106.11lan 331 332 2 Article 11 01 04 Language index Language index 01 eng 01 01 JB code tsl.106.12sub 06 10.1075/tsl.106.12sub 333 336 4 Article 12 01 04 Subject index Subject index 01 eng 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.106 Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20140819 C 2014 John Benjamins D 2014 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027206879 WORLD 09 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 https://jbe-platform.com 29 https://jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027269850 21 01 00 Unqualified price 02 99.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 02 83.00 GBP GB 01 00 Unqualified price 02 149.00 USD