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New Vistas in Grammar

Invariance and Variation. Proceedings of the Second International Roman Jakobson Conference, New York University, Nov. 5–8, 1985
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1991

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The papers in this volume reflect the renewed interest in the semantics of grammatical categories and the issues of invariance and variation in grammar. In particular, this collection presents the current understanding of invariance of grammar with respect to the synchronic and diachronic analyses of specific languages, and as realized in work on typology and universals.The book is divided into five sections: The Question of Invariance; Invariance and Grammatical Categories; Grammar and Discourse; Grammar and Pragmatics; Typology and Universals.

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    Prelim pages

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    Table of contents

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    Preface

    ix
    Stephen Rudy
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    Introduction

    1
    Linda R. Waugh
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  • 1. The question of invariance
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    The concept of structure in contemporary linguistics

    11
    Edward Stankiewicz
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    Grasping the Nettle

    33
    Erica C. García
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    Invariant meaning

    61
    Yishai Tobin
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  • 2. Invariance and grammatical categories
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    Toward a universal calculus of inflectional categories

    85
    Igor Mel’čuk
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    Towards a typology of verbal categories

    111
    Howard I. Aronson
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    Two types of markedness and their implications for the conceptualization of grammatical invariance

    133
    Rodney B. Sangster
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    The role of animacy in language change

    153
    Monique A. Burston
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    Invariance and mutation in Acatec Mayan

    167
    John S. Robertson
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    Variation, invariance, hierarchy, and integration as grammatical parameters

    185
    Pierre Swiggers
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    Invariance and markedness in grammatical categories

    221
    Madeleine Newfield and Linda R. Waugh
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  • 3. Grammar and discourse
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    Tense-aspect and hierarchy of meanings

    241
    Linda R. Waugh
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    On the concept of time

    261
    Nils B. Thelin
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    On the projection of equivalence relations into syntagms

    287
    Henning Andersen
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    Invariance in grammar, variation in discourse

    313
    Flora Klein-Andreu
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  • 4. Grammar an pragmatics
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    Deixis and shifters after Jakobson

    321
    Herman Parret
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    Praguean structure and autopoiesis

    341
    Cornelis H. van Schooneveld
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    Shifters and non-verbal categories of Russian

    363
    Olga T. Yokoyama
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    English speech act verbs

    387
    Elizabeth Closs Traugott
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    Grammar and pragmatics

    407
    Edna Andrews
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  • 5. Typology and universals
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    Two approaches to language universals

    417
    Joseph H. Greenberg
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    Invariance and variation

    437
    Hansjakob Seiler
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    Classical and modern universals research

    451
    Elmar Holenstein
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    Language typology and diachronic linguistics

    465
    Thomas V. Gamkrelidze
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    Language universals in relation to acquisition and change

    473
    John A. Hawkins
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    Paralinguistic universals and preconceptual thinking in language

    495
    Ivan Fónagy
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