Chapter 4. Typology of functional domains
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Zygmunt Frajzyngier
Abstract
The aim of this study is to advocate one of the aims of linguistic typology, viz. the discovery of how languages are similar or different with respect to the functions they encode and consequently for the development of a typology based solely on the functions encoded in the grammatical systems of individual languages. Such a typology has the advantage of not requiring or depending on aprioristic definitions. Such a typology also has the following additional advantages: it can serve as a tool in explaining the forms of utterances in individual languages and in explaining why certain languages have functions that other languages do not.
Abstract
The aim of this study is to advocate one of the aims of linguistic typology, viz. the discovery of how languages are similar or different with respect to the functions they encode and consequently for the development of a typology based solely on the functions encoded in the grammatical systems of individual languages. Such a typology has the advantage of not requiring or depending on aprioristic definitions. Such a typology also has the following additional advantages: it can serve as a tool in explaining the forms of utterances in individual languages and in explaining why certain languages have functions that other languages do not.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Linguistic categories, language description and linguistic typology – An overview 1
- Chapter 2. Towards standardization of morphosyntactic terminology for general linguistics 35
- Chapter 3. Universal underpinnings of language-specific categories 59
- Chapter 4. Typology of functional domains 101
- Chapter 5. Theories of language, language comparison, and grammatical description 137
- Chapter 6. Comparative concepts are not a different kind of thing 211
- Chapter 7. Essentials of the unityp research project 249
- Chapter 8. The non-universality of linguistic categories 279
- Chapter 9. Parts of speech, comparative concepts and Indo-European linguistics 313
- Chapter 10. Verbal vs. nominal reflexive constructions 367
- Chapter 11. The category ‘pronoun’ in East and Southeast Asian languages, with a focus on Japanese 389
- Subject index 411
- Language index 419
- Author index 421
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Linguistic categories, language description and linguistic typology – An overview 1
- Chapter 2. Towards standardization of morphosyntactic terminology for general linguistics 35
- Chapter 3. Universal underpinnings of language-specific categories 59
- Chapter 4. Typology of functional domains 101
- Chapter 5. Theories of language, language comparison, and grammatical description 137
- Chapter 6. Comparative concepts are not a different kind of thing 211
- Chapter 7. Essentials of the unityp research project 249
- Chapter 8. The non-universality of linguistic categories 279
- Chapter 9. Parts of speech, comparative concepts and Indo-European linguistics 313
- Chapter 10. Verbal vs. nominal reflexive constructions 367
- Chapter 11. The category ‘pronoun’ in East and Southeast Asian languages, with a focus on Japanese 389
- Subject index 411
- Language index 419
- Author index 421
