New vistas in grammar, invariance and variation
Recoge parte de las ponencias presentadas en el Second International Roman Jakobson Conference, New York University, Nov. 5-8, 1985
Congresos
x, 540 p. ; 23 cm.
9789027235435, 9027235430
758098881
1. Preface (by Rudy, Stephen); 2. Introduction (by Waugh, Linda R.); 3. 1. The question of invariance; 4. The concept of structure in contemporary linguistics (by Stankiewicz, Edward); 5. Grasping the Nettle: variation as proof of invariance (by Garcia, Erica C.); 6. Invariant meaning: alternative variations on an invariant theme (by Tobin, Yishai); 7. 2. Invariance and grammatical categories; 8. Toward a universal calculus of inflectional categories: on Roman Jakobson's Trail (by Mel'cuk, Igor); 9. Towards a typology of verbal categories (by Aronson, Howard I.); 10. Two types of markedness and their implications for the conceptualization of grammatical invariance (by Sangster, Rodney B.); 11. The role of animacy in language change: from dative to genitive in middle Indo-Aryan (by Burston, Monique A.); 12. Invariance and mutation in Acatec Mayan (by Robertson, John S.); 13. Variation, invariance, hierarchy, and integration as grammatical parameters (by Swiggers, Pierre); 14. Invariance and markedness in grammatical categories (by Newfield, Madeleine); 15. 3. Grammar and discourse; 16. Tense-aspect and hierarchy of meanings: pragmatic, textual, modal, discourse, expressive, referential (by Waugh, Linda R.); 17. On the concept of time: prolegomena to a theory of aspect and tense in narrative discourse (by Thelin, Nils B.); 18. On the projection of equivalence relations into syntagms (by Andersen, Henning); 19. Invariance in grammar, variation in discourse: discussion (by Klein-Andreu, Flora); 20. 4. Grammar an pragmatics; 21. Deixis and shifters after Jakobson (by Parret, Herman); 22. Praguean structure and autopoiesis: deixis as individuation (by Schooneveld, Cornelis H. van); 23. Shifters and non-verbal categories of Russian (by Yokoyama, Olga T.); 24. English speech act verbs: A historical perspective (by Traugott, Elizabeth Closs); 25. Grammar and pragmatics: The two axes of language and deixis (by Andrews, Edna); 26. 5. Typology and universals; 27. Two approaches to language universals (by Greenberg, Joseph H.); 28. Invariance and variation: The dimensional model of language universals (by Seiler, Hansjakob); 29. Classical and modern universals research: their philosophical background (by Holenstein, Elmar); 30. Language typology and diachronic linguistics (by Gamkrelidze, Thomas V.); 31. Language universals in relation to acquisition and change: A tribute to Roman Jakobson (by Hawkins, John A.); 32. Paralinguistic universals and preconceptual thinking in language (by Fonagy, Ivan)
Actas de la conferencia celebrada el 10-13 Octubre 1985 en homenaje a Roman Jakobson