Advances in Role and Reference Grammar

86 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. as (69b). In both the causative and inversion constructions there.is an effec­ tor argument which sh ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 87 The Japanese facts parallel the Georgian ones in that both the causer and the causee ...

88 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. In both of these languages, there are constructions in which actor and potential actor NPs do not re ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 89 three projections of the clause. In the following two sections, the role of focus st ...

(^90) ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. A: Viktora zasciscajet Maksim-0.^51 TOPIC Focus Victor- defends Maxim-NOM "MAXIM defends Victo ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 91 overall linking algorithm. In English word order is largely fixed, as noted above, a ...

92 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. lack PrPs, pragmatic functions are assigned to arguments which have already been assigned syntactic ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 93 position, as in (80), it must be in the detached position characterized by Lambrecht ...

94 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. b. ""Molte ne sono arrivate. "Many of them arrived." c. Sono arrivate molte ragazze. "Many girls arr ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 95 The question in (84) establishes studenti "students" as topical, and the ele­ ment i ...

96 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. but ne adds a special wrinkle: it is topical, but it must cooccur with  focal quantifier. Hence the ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 97 in which inverted "subjects" tend strongly to occur in Italian. As discussed in sect ...

98 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. (87) a. $ ki igmú wq yaxtáke. dog the cat a bite "The dog bit a cat." b. Ё ki igmú wq yaxtáka ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 99 5.4.2.2 Preposition stranding in English The statement of the linking algorithm in ( ...

100 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. functions as a predicate in its own right (hence the name), licensing its own argument. In this cas ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 101 6.2 Nexus relations Traditional, structural and generative grammar have all operate ...

102 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. first clause does not have the form of a subordinate clause in Kewa, which is illustrated in (91c). ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 103 (94) a. Ho busale-ce-b dana age qo-ig-a. Tense pig run.out-Ds-3sG man 3PL hit-3pL-T ...

104 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. Coordinate constructions in Amele, on the other hand, do not have these constraints; the individual ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 105 (98) a. Ija ja hud-ig-a eu nu uqa sab lsG fire open-lsG-TPAST that for 3SG food man ...