English grammar . Volume II : a function-based introduction / / T. Givón

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790201903321
• Autore: Givón Talmy <1936->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam : , : John Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993
• ISBN: 1-280-49727-0; 9786613592507; 90-272-7388-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 pages)
• Disciplina: 428.2
• Soggetti: English language - Grammar
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ENGLISH GRAMMAR A FUNCTION-BASED INTRODUCTION Volume II; Title page; Copyright page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; 7. VERBAL COMPLEMENTS; 7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. THE SEMANTICS OF EVENT INTEGRATION; 7.2.1. Preamble; 7.2.2. Sub-dimensions of event integration; 7.2.2.1. Semantic and syntactic definitions: manipulation and P-C-U verbs; 7.2.2.2. Implicativity, co-temporality and control; 7.2.2.3. Intent, control and agentivity; 7.2.2.4. Control and temporal contiguity; 7.2.2.5. Direct contact and spatio-temporal contiguity; 7.2.2.6. Resistance, coercive effort and independence; 7.2.2.7. Event integration vs. causation 7.2.2.8. Referential cohesion and event integration; 7.2.2.9, Authority and verbal manipulation; 7.2.3. From manipulation to preference to epistemics; 7.2.4. Tense agreement and integrated perspective; 7.2.5. From indirect to direct quote: The de-coupling of point-of-view; 7.2.6. Summary; 7.3. THE SYNTAX OF CLAUSE INTEGRATION; 7.3.1. Preamble; 7.3.2. Verb adjacency or co-lexicalization; 7.3.3. Case-marking of the complement-clause subject; 7.3.4. Verb morphology: Degree of finiteness; 7.3.5. Physical separation: Subordinators and pause; 7.4. MODALITY VERBS 7.4.1. Definition of modality verbs; 7.4.2. Semantic dimensions; 7.4.2.1. Referential cohesion and event integration; 7.4.2.2. Implicativity; 7.4.2.3. Strength of intent; 7.4.2.4. How-to complements; 7.4.2.5. From self-directed intent to other-; directed preference; 7.5. FOR-TO COMPLEMENTS; 7.6. CONDITIONAL COMPLEMENTS; 7.7. WH-COMPLEMENTS; 7.8. POST-POSED P-C-U VERBS; 7.9. NON-VERBAL PREDICATES WITH VERBAL COMPLEMENTS; NOTES; 8. VOICE AND DE-TRANSITIVIZATION; 8.1. INTRODUCTION; 8.2. FUNCTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF VOICE; 8.2.1. The semantics of transitivity; 8.2.2. The pragmatics of voice 8.2.2.1. Perspective and topicality; 8.2.2.2. Active voice; 8.2.2.3. Passive voice; 8.2.2.4. Antipassive voice; 8.2.3. Demotion, promotion and resulting state; 8.2.3.1. Agent demotion; 8.2.3.2. Promotion of a non-agent; 8.2.3.3. Verb stativization; 8.3. THE FREQUENCY-DISTRIBUTION OF VOICE IN TEXT; 8.4. THE SYNTAX OF DE-TRANSITIVE CLAUSES; 8.4.1. Syntactic coding devices; 8.4.2. Promotional vs. non-promotional de-transitives; 8.4.3. Case-role restrictions in de-transitivization; 8.4.3.1. Case-role restrictions; 8.4.3.2. Understanding promotional passives: Semantic vs. pragmatic case-marking 8.4.3.3. Exceptions that reaffirm the rule; 8.5. OTHER DE-TRANSITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS; 8.5.1. Preamble; 8.5.2. The GET-passive; 8.5.2.1. Historical development; 8.5.2.2. Agentivity, intent and control; 8.5.2.3. Human patient-subject; 8.5.2.4. Involvement and adversity; 8.5.2.5. Register and social class; 8.5.3. Impersonal-subject clauses; 8.5.3.1. Non-referring subject pronouns; 8.5.3.2. Pragmatic demotion and promotion; 8.5.3.3. Intent and control; 8.5.3.4. Semantically-active status; 8.5.3.5. The distribution of impersonal-subject clauses
• Sommario/riassunto: The approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is unabashedly functional; grammar is not just a system of empty rules, it is a means to an end, an instrument for constructing concise coherent communication. In grammar as in music, good expression rides on good form. Figuratively and literally, grammar like musical form must make sense. But for the instrument to serve its purpose, it must first exist; the rules must be real, they can be explicitly described and taught. This book is intended for both students and teachers, at college level, for both native and nonnative speakers.