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Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) is a theory of language in which
linguistic structures are accounted for in terms of the interplay
of discourse, semantics and syntax. With contributions from a team
of leading scholars, this Handbook provides a field-defining
overview of RRG. Assuming no prior knowledge, it introduces the
framework step-by-step, and includes a pedagogical guide for
instructors. It features in-depth discussions of syntax,
morphology, and lexical semantics, including treatments of lexical
and grammatical categories, the syntax of simple clauses and
complex sentences, and how the linking of syntax with semantics and
discourse works in each of these domains. It illustrates RRG's
contribution to the study of language acquisition, language change
and processing, computational linguistics, and neurolinguistics,
and also contains five grammatical sketches which show how RRG
analyses work in practice. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is
essential reading for anyone who is interested in how grammar
interfaces with meaning.
Language is a system of communication in which grammatical
structures function to express meaning in context. While all
languages can achieve the same basic communicative ends, they each
use different means to achieve them, particularly in the divergent
ways that syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact across
languages. This book looks in detail at how structure, meaning, and
communicative function interact in human languages. Working within
the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), Van Valin
proposes a set of rules, called the 'linking algorithm', which
relates syntactic and semantic representations to each other, with
discourse-pragmatics playing a role in the linking. Using this
model, he discusses the full range of grammatical phenomena,
including the structures of simple and complex sentences, verb and
argument structure, voice, reflexivization and extraction
restrictions. Clearly written and comprehensive, this book will be
welcomed by all those working on the interface between syntax,
semantics and pragmatics.
The key argument of this book, originally published in 1984, is
that when human beings communicate with each other by means of a
natural language they typically do not do so in simple sentences
but rather in connected discourse - complex expressions made up of
a number of clauses linked together in various ways. A necessary
precondition for intelligible discourse is the speaker's ability to
signal the temporal relations between the events that are being
discussed and to refer to the participants in those events in such
a way that it is clear who is being talked about. A great deal of
the grammatical machinery in a language is devoted to this task,
and Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar explores how different
grammatical systems accomplish it. This book is an important
attempt to integrate the study of linguistic form with the study of
language use and meaning. It will be of particular interest to
field linguists and those concerned with typology and language
universals, and also to anthropologists involved in the study of
language function.
Language is a system of communication in which grammatical
structures function to express meaning in context. While all
languages can achieve the same basic communicative ends, they each
use different means to achieve them, particularly in the divergent
ways that syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact across
languages. This book looks in detail at how structure, meaning, and
communicative function interact in human languages. Working within
the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), Van Valin
proposes a set of rules, called the 'linking algorithm', which
relates syntactic and semantic representations to each other, with
discourse-pragmatics playing a role in the linking. Using this
model, he discusses the full range of grammatical phenomena,
including the structures of simple and complex sentences, verb and
argument structure, voice, reflexivization and extraction
restrictions. Clearly written and comprehensive, this book will be
welcomed by all those working on the interface between syntax,
semantics and pragmatics.
Clearly organized and accessible, this comprehensive new textbook provides students with a thorough grounding in the analysis of syntactic structure using data from a typologically wide variety of languages. The book guides students through the basic concepts involved in syntactic analysis and goes on to prepare them for further work in any syntactic theory, using examples from a range of phenomena in human languages. It also includes a chapter on theories of syntax. Each chapter includes generous exercises and recommendations for further study.
Clearly organized and accessible, this comprehensive new textbook provides students with a thorough grounding in the analysis of syntactic structure using data from a typologically wide variety of languages. The book guides students through the basic concepts involved in syntactic analysis and goes on to prepare them for further work in any syntactic theory, using examples from a range of phenomena in human languages. It also includes a chapter on theories of syntax. Each chapter includes generous exercises and recommendations for further study.
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