Reflexives
Forms and functions
Volume 1
Editors
The importance of reflexive markers in the study of language structure cannot be underestimated: they participate in the coding of the argument structure of a clause; in the coding of semantic relations between arguments and verbs; in the coding of the relationship between arguments; in the coding of aspect; in the coding of point of view; and in the Coding of the information structure of a clause.
The present volume offers an approach to reflexive forms and functions from several perspectives: a formal approach where reflexives are discussed within a well-defined model of language representation; a typological approach; a historical approach concentrating on grammaticalization of reflexives and on the changes that pronouns and anaphors undergo; and a functionalist approach where functions of reflexive forms are described. The languages from which data were drawn represent a wide variety of language families and language types: English, Old English, Dutch, German, Tsakhur (Nakh-Dagestanian), Spanish, French, Bantu and Chadic languages. The variety of languages discussed and the different approaches taken complement each other in that each contributes an important piece to the understanding of reflexives in a cross-linguistic perspective.
The present volume offers an approach to reflexive forms and functions from several perspectives: a formal approach where reflexives are discussed within a well-defined model of language representation; a typological approach; a historical approach concentrating on grammaticalization of reflexives and on the changes that pronouns and anaphors undergo; and a functionalist approach where functions of reflexive forms are described. The languages from which data were drawn represent a wide variety of language families and language types: English, Old English, Dutch, German, Tsakhur (Nakh-Dagestanian), Spanish, French, Bantu and Chadic languages. The variety of languages discussed and the different approaches taken complement each other in that each contributes an important piece to the understanding of reflexives in a cross-linguistic perspective.
[Typological Studies in Language, 40] 2000. xiv, 286 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionZygmunt Frajzyngier | p. vii
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The fine structure of grammar: Anaphoric relationsEric J. Reuland | p. 1
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Intensifiers and reflexives: A typological perspectiveEkkehard König and Peter Siemund | p. 41
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The structural and lexical space between reflexive binding and logophorics: Sundry paradigms of reflexives and anaphoraWerner Abraham | p. 75
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The typology and grammaticalization of reflexivesMathias Schladt | p. 103
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Domains of point of view and coreferentiality: System interaction approach to the study of reflexivesZygmunt Frajzyngier | p. 125
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Conceptual distance and transitivity increase in Spanish reflexivesRicardo Maldonado | p. 153
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Bound pronouns and non-local anaphors: The case of Earlier EnglishElly van Gelderen | p. 187
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Reflexives and emphasis in Tsaxur (Nakh-Dagestanian)Ekaterina Lyutikova | p. 227
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What it means to deceive yourself: The semantic relation of French reflexive verbs and their corresponding transitive verbsRichard Waltereit | p. 257
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Subject index | p. 279
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Author index | p. 283
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Language index | p. 285
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