Advances in Role and Reference Grammar

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• A Synopsis of Role and Reference Grammar PART I: THE THEORY
  
  
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    0. Introduction Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    1. Clause structure
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    2. Information structure
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    3. Lexical representation and semantic roles
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    4. Syntactic relations and case marking
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    5. Linking syntactic and semantic representations in simple clauses
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    6. The structure of complex sentences
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    7. Linking syntactic and semantic representations in complex sentences
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    8. Future directions
    
    
    
    
  
  
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  • Semantic and Syntactic Factors in Control PART II: APPLYING THE THEORY
    
    
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      0. Introduction L. Michelle Cutrer
      
      
      
      
      
      
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        1. Approaches to control
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        2. The RRG analysis of control
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        3. A semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic analysis
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        4. Conclusion
        
        
        
        
      
      
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• A Clause Linkage Analysis Serial Verbs and Complement Constructions in Mandarin:
  
  
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    0. Introduction Mark Hansell
    
    
    
    
    
    
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      1. Serial verb constructions
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      2. Complement constructions
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      3. Complement constructions as serializations, not compounds
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      4. Reasons for treating CCs and SVCs alike
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      5. Clause linkage in Mandarin serial verbs
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      6. Conclusion
      
      
      
      
    
    
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  • Clause Combining in a Polysynthetic Verb-Initial Language Subordination and Cosubordination in Nootka:
    
    
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      0. Language type William H. Jacobsen, Jr.
      
      
      
      
      
      
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        1. Background
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      2. The data
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      3. Survey of findings
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      4. Analytic problems
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      5. Main clauses
      
      
      
      
      
      
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        6. Clause chaining
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        7. Sentence-connectives
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        8. Prepositional clauses
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        9. Verb serialization
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        10. Subordination
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        11. Nominalization
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        12. Summary
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        13. Conclusions
        
        
        
        
      
      
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    • Preposition Assignment in English
      
      
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        0. Introduction Julia A. Jolly
        
        
        
        
        
        
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          1. Prepositional assignment to functional roles
          
          
          
          
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        2. Extending the RRG analysis
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        3. Concluding comments
        
        
        
        
      
      
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• On Deviant Case-Marking in Latin TABLE OF CONTENTS vu
  
  
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    0. Introduction Laura A. Michaelis
    
    
    
    
    
    
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      1. The Latin data
         
         
         • Latin 2. A Role and Reference Grammar analysis of deviant case-marking in
         
         
         
         
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    3. Comparison with previous analyses
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    4. Conclusion
    
    
    
    
    
    
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  • Argument Linking in English Derived Nomináis
    
    
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      0. Introduction Mary L. Nunes
      
      
      
      
      
      
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        1. The vNP: Some preliminary demarcations and definitions
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      2. The verbally-derived noun phrase in RRG
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      3. Concluding comments
      
      
      
      
    
    
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  • and Identificational Constructions On the Syntactic and Semantic Alignment of Attributive
    
    
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      0. Introduction Linda Schwartz
         
         
         • predicates 1. The unaccusative-unergative patterns of attributive and identificational
         
         
         
         
      
      
      
      
      
      
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        2. The thematic structure of attributive and identificational constructions
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        3. An analysis of Italian attributive and identificational constructions
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        4. Cross-linguistic patterns of attributive/identificational constructions
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        5. Conclusion
        
        
        
        
      
      
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    • Bottom Up Of Nominatives and Datives: Universal Grammar from the
      
      
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        0. Introduction: The lessons of phonological universals Michael Silverstein
        
        
        
        
        
        
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          1. Léxico- and grammaticosemantic categories
          
          
          
          
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        2. Case-marking categories in particular
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        3. Two examples of telescoping case-marking paradigms
        
        
        
        
      
      
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        4. The "focality" of nom/abs : dat
        
        
        
        
        
        
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• Remember in English and its Equivalents in Mparntwe Arrernte Predicting Syntactic Structure from Semantic Representations:
  
  
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    0. Introduction Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. & David P. Wilkins
    
    
    
    
    
    
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      1. Theoretical background
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    2. The English verb remember
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    3. The realizations of remember in Mparntwe Arrernte
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    4. Conclusion
    
    
    
    
  
  
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  • An Investigation of Turkish Clause Linkage
    
    
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      0. Introduction James K. Waiters
      
      
      
      
      
      
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        1. Layered structure of the clause
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      2. On Turkish operators
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      3. Turkish clause linkage
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      4. Clausal subordination
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      5. Clausal cosubordination
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      6. Core coordination
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      7. Core subordination
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      8. Core cosubordination
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      9. Conclusion
      
      
      
      
    
    
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