Argument structure and grammatical relations : a crosslinguistic typology

Argument Structure and Grammatical Relations
 Editorial page
 Title page
 LCC data
 Table of contents
 The editors
 The authors
 Preface
 Introduction
 A deceptive case of split-intransitivity in Basque
 1. Introduction
 2. The absolute construction in Romance
 3. The absolute construction in Basque
 4. Reduced relative clauses in Romance
 5. Reduced relative clauses in Basque
 6. Conclusion
 Abbreviations
 References
 Some argument-structure properties of 'give' in the languages of Europe and Northern and Central Asia
 1. Introduction. 2. Dominance of the indirect object construction in the languages of Europe and Northern and Central Asia3. Syntactic primacy and ditransitive constructions
 3.1 Indexing of the object in the verb
 3.2 Advancement to subject under passivization
 3.3 Constituent order
 3.4 Suppletion
 4. Conclusions
 Abbreviations
 References
 Grammatical relations in a typology of agreement systems
 1. Introduction
 2. The rise of grammatical relations
 3. Early ideas on grammatical relations and agreement
 4. Problems with grammatical relations
 4.1 Brother-in-law' agreement
 4.2 Back' agreement. 4.3 Possessor phrases5. A typology of agreement using grammatical relations
 5.1 Thematic roles
 5.2 Communicative functions
 6. The role of case
 7. Conclusion
 Abbreviations
 References
 Causatives in Agul
 1. Introduction
 2. Formal types
 2.1 Periphrastic 'do'-causatives
 2.1.1 Lexical distribution
 2.1.2 Case assignment
 2.1.3 A note on apudelative
 2.1.4 Syntax and morphosyntax
 2.1.5 More on case marking of the Causee
 2.2 Compound 'do'-causatives
 2.2.1 Adjectives
 2.2.2 Nouns and bound stems
 2.2.3 Statives
 2.2.4 Non-stative verbs
 2.2.5 Morphosyntax. 2.2.6 Do'-compounds: an overview2.3 Labile verbs
 2.3.1 Intransitive labile or prodrop?
 2.3.2 Semantics
 2.3.3 Labile derivation
 2.4 Lexical causatives
 2.5 Semantically irregular causatives
 3. Semantic contrasts
 4. Overview and east caucasian perspective
 Abbreviations
 References
 Continuity of information structuring strategies in Eastern Khanty
 1. Introduction
 2. Overview of the prototypical clause features
 2.1 Word order
 2.2 Argument structure
 3. Information structuring
 4. Possessive markers and information structuring
 4.1 O-V (objective) conjugation. 4.1.1 Structure and motivating factors4.1.2 Word order/syntactic flexibility
 4.1.3 Control over reflexivization
 4.1.4 O-Focus clauses, Q/A sequences
 4.2 Embedded non-finite clauses
 5. Conclusion
 Abbreviations
 References
 Patterns of asymmetry in argument structure across languages
 1. Introduction
 2. Hierarchies
 3. Preliminaries
 4. Minimize domains
 5. Minimize forms
 6. Maximize on-line processing
 7. Conclusions
 Abbreviations
 References
 Topic marking and the construction of narrative in Xibe
 1. Introduction
 2. The particle da
 2.1 Candidate position #1.