Overview

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.

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Author:   Zygmunt Frajzyngier (University of Colorado) ,  Traci Walker (University of Colorado)
Publisher:   Benjamins (John) North America Inc.,US
Imprint:   Benjamins (John) North America Inc.,US
Volume:   40
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781556196539

ISBN 10:   1556196539
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   15 March 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction (by Frajzyngier, Zygmunt); 2. The fine structure of grammar: Anaphoric relations (by Reuland, Eric J.); 3. Intensifiers and reflexives: A typological perspective (by Konig, Ekkehard); 4. The structural and lexical space between reflexive binding and logophorics: Sundry paradigms of reflexives and anaphora (by Abraham, Werner); 5. The typology and grammaticalization of reflexives (by Schladt, Mathias); 6. Domains of point of view and coreferentiality: System interaction approach to the study of reflexives (by Frajzyngier, Zygmunt); 7. Conceptual distance and transitivity increase in Spanish reflexives (by Maldonado, Ricardo); 8. Bound pronouns and non-local anaphors: The case of Earlier English (by Gelderen, Elly van); 9. Reflexives and emphasis in Tsaxur (Nakh-Dagestanian) (by Lyutikova, Ekaterina); 10. What it means to deceive yourself: The semantic relation of French reflexive verbs and their corresponding transitive verbs (by Waltereit, Richard); 11. Subject index; 12. Author index; 13. Language index

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