List of contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors ix
4. Part I. Introduction by the Editor
5. Editor's introduction xv
6. Part II. Verbs, argument structure and transitivity
7. "Saying" verbs in Spanish 3
8. Split intransitivity in Japanese revisited 23
9. Reintroducing inverse constructions in Japanese 37
10. Transitivity in Kabardian 59
11. Ditransitive constructions: Towards a new Role and Reference Grammar account? 75
12. Fluid transitivity and generalized semantic roles 101
13. Part III. Syntactic and morphological categories
14. Unification and separation in a functional theory of morphology 119
15. Modality in RRG 147
16. RPs and the nature of lexical and syntactic categories in Role and Reference Grammar 161
17. “Floating plurals”, prodrop and agreement – an optimality-based RRG approach 179
18. Where is the precore slot? Mapping the layered structure of the clause and German sentence topology 203
19. Part IV. Syntax, pragmatics and prosody
20. A prosodic projection for Role and Reference Grammar 227
21. Is Role and Reference Grammar an adequate grammatical theory for punctuation? 245
22. The interplay of focus structure and syntax 263
23. How missing is the missing verb? 285
24. Predication and reference in specificational sentences – functions of English noun phrases 305
25. Part V. The analysis of complex sentences
26. Alternative expressions of 'want' complements 321
27. An RRG approach to French complementation patterns 337
28. Complementizer-gap phenomena 359
29. Wari’ Intentional State Constructions 381
30. Part VI. Neurolinguistic and computational aspects of RRG
31. Unmarked transitivity 413
32. Parsing for Role and Reference Grammar 435
33. A Role-Lexical Module (RLM) for Biblical Hebrew 455
34. Index of languages 479
35. Index of subjects 481