Grammatical Roles and Relations

Klappentext A typological survey of Subject! Object and related grammatical concepts in the languages of the world. Zusammenfassung Frank Palmer's new book is a typological survey of grammatical roles! such as Agent and Patient! and grammatical relations! such as Subject and Direct Object. A great wealth of examples is used to show that the grammatical systems of the familiar European languages are far from typical of many of the world's languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Roles and relations; 3. Accusative, ergative and agentive systems; 4. Syntactic relations; 5. Passive; 6. Passive: related and problematic issues; 7. Antipassive; 8. Topic and inverse systems; 9. Causatives; Glossary of terms; References and citations index; Language index; General index.

Product details

• Authors: F. R. Palmer, Frank Robert Palmer, Palmer Frank Robert
• Assisted by: S. R. Anderson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.1994
• EAN: 9780521458368
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45836-8
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology