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This volume is the most comprehensive reference work to date on
Lexical Functional Grammar. The authors provide detailed and
extensive coverage of the analysis of syntax, semantics,
morphology, prosody, and information structure, and how these
aspects of linguistic structure interact in the nontransformational
framework of LFG. The book is divided into three parts. The first
part examines the syntactic theory and formal architecture of LFG,
with detailed explanations and comprehensive illustration,
providing an unparalleled introduction to the fundamentals of the
theory. Part two explores non-syntactic levels of linguistic
structure, including the syntax-semantics interface and semantic
representation, argument structure, information structure, prosodic
structure, and morphological structure, and how these are related
in the projection architecture of LFG. Chapters in the third part
illustrate the theory more explicitly by presenting explorations of
the syntax and semantics of a range of representative linguistic
phenomena: modification, anaphora, control, coordination, and
long-distance dependencies. The final chapter discusses LFG-based
work not covered elsewhere in the book, as well as new developments
in the theory. The volume will be an invaluable reference for
graduate and advanced undergraduate students and researchers in a
wide range of linguistic sub-fields, including syntax, morphology,
semantics, information structure, and prosody, as well as those
working in language documentation and description.
In many languages, the objects of transitive verbs are either
marked by grammatical case or agreement on the verb, or they remain
unmarked: this is differential object marking. This book is a
cross-linguistic study of how differential object marking is
affected by information structure, the structuring of the utterance
in accordance with the informational value of its elements and
contextual factors. Marked objects tend to be associated with old
information or information that the sentence is about, while
unmarked objects tend to express new information. The book also
sheds light on grammatical patterning in languages with
differential object marking: in some languages marked and unmarked
objects have identical grammatical properties, whereas in other
languages marked objects are more active in syntax. Finally, it
provides a theory of the historical changes that lead to the
emergence of various patterns of differential object marking.
In many languages, the objects of transitive verbs are either
marked by grammatical case or agreement on the verb, or they remain
unmarked: this is differential object marking. This book is a
cross-linguistic study of how differential object marking is
affected by information structure, the structuring of the utterance
in accordance with the informational value of its elements and
contextual factors. Marked objects tend to be associated with old
information or information that the sentence is about, while
unmarked objects tend to express new information. The book also
sheds light on grammatical patterning in languages with
differential object marking: in some languages marked and unmarked
objects have identical grammatical properties, whereas in other
languages marked objects are more active in syntax. Finally, it
provides a theory of the historical changes that lead to the
emergence of various patterns of differential object marking.
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