VII. Intransitivity in Retrospect

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 3
3. CONTENTS 7
4. I. Contextuality, Social Reality, and Language Theory 9
5. II. Structural Significations 14
6. III. Intransitivity and Criteria for Complementation 21
7. IV. Shifting Roles of Being and Having in English 24
8. V. The Real and the Actual 28
9. VI. Be and Have: Constant Functions, Changing Forms 31
10. VII. Intransitivity in Retrospect 34
11. VIII. Semantic Particles and the 'Burden of Existence' 38
12. IX. Be and Have Differentiation as Language Universal 40
13. X. Intransitivity and 'Clock-Stopping' 43
14. Bibliography 46
15. Index 50