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146 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. other languages which exhibit the contrast in (133). This is clearly related to the semantics of th ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 147 This is not possible when there is no single lexical verb to paraphrase the V NP, ...

148 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. 7.3.2 Linking in questions in complex sentences In the linking procedures in (115) and (121), the s ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 149 If there is a focus NP which is [4-WH], then assign it to the PCS. (138) Linking ...

(^150) ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. If there is an element in the PCS, a. Link all of the non-PCS arguments first; b. Assign it the ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 151 of clean, after all of the non-PCS arguments have been linked. Both nominative case ...

152 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN,^ JR. Abbreviations used in glosses: ABS "absolutive", A(CC) "accusative", AFD "actual focus domain", A ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 153 There is also a right-detached position, as in sentences like / know them, those b ...

154 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. A serious flaw in Dowty's tests is his assumption that achievement verbs are all punctual; this is ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 155 All Acehnese examples are from Durie (1985, 1987). In the clause structure schemat ...

156 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. See FW, 123-4, 167, Van Valin (1987b) for discussion of the typological conse­ quences of this con ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 157 It appears that this clause-initial focus position in questions is the PCS; defini ...

158 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. As argued in FVV, section 3.4, this linking scheme provides an explanation for the strong cross-li ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 159 Baker, Mark. 1988. "Theta Theory and the Syntax of Applicatives in Chichewa". Natu­ ...

160 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. Erteschik-Shir, Nomi. 1973. On the Nature of Island Constraints. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, MI ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 161 Horn, Larry. 1986. "Presupposition, Theme and Variations". CLS 22/2: Papers from th ...

162 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. Maling, Joan & Annie Zaenen. 1981. "Germanie Word Order and the Format of Sur­ face Filters". B ...

A SYNOPSIS OF ROLE AND REFERENCE GRAMMAR 163 Sperber, Dan & Dierdre Wilson. 1986. Relevance. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Stahlk ...

164 ROBERT D. VAN VALIN, JR. . 1988. Topics in the Tepehua Grammar. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of California, Berkele ...

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