Talmy Givón
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 143336 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Talmy Givón |
| PRENOMES | Talmy |
| SOBRENOME | Givón |
| ASSINATURA | GIVÓN T |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Zambia |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 367 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1970 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Topic, Pronoun and Grammatical Agreement
In this paper I would like to lay to rest two myths about grammatical agreement. The first identifies grommatical agreement with subject -verb agreement. I will suggest below that this is an unfortunate view of the phenomenon, and that the underlying reality upon which grammatical agreement rises is that of topic -verb agreement. The second is the tacit assumption that agreement and pronominalization are two distinct processes. I will suggest bel…
Mechanisms of Syntactic Change
The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity
Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some for a special status as the evolutionary apex of the uniquely - human language faculty - evolutionary yet mysteriously immune to Darwinian adaptive selection. Prof. Givón's book treats syntactic complexity as an integral part of the evolutionary rise of human communication. The book first d…
The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language
The contributors to this volume are linguists, psychologists, neuroscientists, primatologists, and anthropologists who share the assumption that language, just as mind and brain, are products of biological evolution. The rise of human language is not viewed as a serendipitous mutation that gave birth to a unique linguistic organ, but as a gradual, adaptive extension of pre-existing mental capacities and brain structures. The contributors carefull…
Syntax
This new edition of Syntax: A functional-typological introduction is at many points radically revised. In the previous edition (1984) the author deliberately chose to de-emphasize the more formal aspects of syntactic structure, in favor of a more comprehensive treatment of the semantic and pragmatic correlates of syntactic structure. With hindsight the author now finds the de-emphasis of the formal properties a somewhat regrettable choice, since …
Syntax
This new edition of Syntax: A functional-typological introduction is at many points radically revised. In the previous edition (1984) the author deliberately chose to de-emphasize the more formal aspects of syntactic structure, in favor of a more comprehensive treatment of the semantic and pragmatic correlates of syntactic structure. With hindsight the author now finds the de-emphasis of the formal properties a somewhat regrettable choice, since …
Grammatical Relations
Voice and Inversion
Functionalism and Grammar
This book is Prof. Givón's long-awaited critical examination of the fundamental theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the functionalist approach to grammar. It challenges functionalists to take their own medicine and establish non-circular empirical definitions of both 'function' and 'structure'. Ideological hand-waving, however fervent and right-thinking, is seldom an adequate substitute for analytic rigor and empirical responsibility.…
English Grammar
Part 1 Introduction: grammar and communication whose grammar? grammar for communication theme and variation in syntactic description parsing - tree diagrams deep structure, surface structure and meaning. Part 2 Vocabulary - words and morphemes: preliminaries lexical vs. grammatical vocabulary the morphemic status of English vocabulary lexical word-classes minor word classes. Part 3 Simple verbal clauses: preliminaries parsing and tree diagrams - …
Discourse, Grammar and Typology
1. Introduction 2. Curriculum vitae (by Verhaar, S.J., John W.M.) 3. List of publications 4. Section I: Transitivity and voice 5. Diathesis: The Middle, Particularly in West-Germanic (by Abraham, Werner) 6. How many Transitivisers are in Kope? (by Clifton, John M.) 7. Complement Clauses versus Relative Clauses: Some Khmer Evidence (by Comrie, Bernard) 8. The two Prototypes of Ditransitive Verbs: The Indonesian Evidence (by Kaswanti, Bambang Purwo…
Voice and inversion
Syntax
On the So-Called Sov Word Order in Mandarin Chinese
Two theses concerning word order in Mandarin Chinese have been investigated through a quantified study of written and spoken contemporary Mandarin. It is found, first, that Mandarin is synchronically a typical VO language, in terms of text distribution of VO and OV orders. OV appears at the level of 10% or lower in text, and this is true for both definite and indefinite objects. Further, the functional distribution of OV in both texts suggests th…
Syntax
This book is a comprehensive introduction to syntax, the study of the structure of sentences. It adopts a functional-typological approach, meaning that it emphasizes the relationship between the structure of a language and the communicative functions it serves, and it draws on data from a wide range of languages. Volume I covers basic concepts such as grammatical relations, word order, case marking, agreement, and the structure of clauses. Givón …
Topic Continuity in Discourse
The functional notion of “topic” or “topicality” has suffered, traditionally, from two distinct drawbacks. First, it has remained largely ill defined or intuitively defined. And second, quite often its definition boiled down to structure-dependent circularity. This volume represents a major departure from past practices, without rejecting both their intuitive appeal and the many good results yielded by them. First, “topic” and “topicality” are re…
Logic vs. pragmatics, with human language as the referee
On Understanding Grammar
Discourse and Syntax
The Time–axis Phenomenon
It is shown that presuppositions and implications associated with verbs distribute themselves relative to the time-axis (action-time) of the verb. Presuppositions pertain to the time preceding this time-axis, while implications pertain to the time following the time-axis. The semantics of two universal verb classes, modality verbs (M-verbs) and cognition verbs (C-verbs), is analysed in light of these findings. Two widespread diachronic processes …
The Time-Axis Phenomenon
It is shown that presuppositions and implications associated with verbs distribute themselves relative to the time-axis (action-time) of the verb. Presuppositions pertain to the time preceding this time-axis, while implications pertain to the time following the time-axis. The semantics of two universal verb classes, modality verbs (M-verbs) and cognition verbs (C-verbs), is analysed in light of these findings. Two widespread diachronic processes …
The White Linguist in Africa
No abstract
Linguistic Colonialism and De-Colonialisation
No abstract
Notes on the Semantic Structure of English Adjectives
The semantic structure of paired English adjectives is investigated, and the results are extended—or an extension of the result is suggested—to the vast lexicon of derived English adjectives. It is found that English adjectives are not semantic primitives, but rather are semantically based upon or derived from nouns or verbs. Categories of noun-based vs. verb-based adjectives are set up, and then contrasted with the categories of stative vs. acti…
On ordered rules and the modified base of ChiBemba verbs
Syntax
This book is a comprehensive introduction to syntax, the study of the structure of sentences. It adopts a functional-typological approach, meaning that it emphasizes the relationship between the structure of a language and the communicative functions it serves, and it draws on data from a wide range of languages. Volume I covers basic concepts such as grammatical relations, word order, case marking, agreement, and the structure of clauses. Givón …
Topic Continuity in Discourse
The functional notion of “topic” or “topicality” has suffered, traditionally, from two distinct drawbacks. First, it has remained largely ill defined or intuitively defined. And second, quite often its definition boiled down to structure-dependent circularity. This volume represents a major departure from past practices, without rejecting both their intuitive appeal and the many good results yielded by them. First, “topic” and “topicality” are re…
Functionalism and Grammar
This book is Prof. Givón's long-awaited critical examination of the fundamental theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the functionalist approach to grammar. It challenges functionalists to take their own medicine and establish non-circular empirical definitions of both 'function' and 'structure'. Ideological hand-waving, however fervent and right-thinking, is seldom an adequate substitute for analytic rigor and empirical responsibility.…
Logic vs. pragmatics, with human language as the referee
The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity
Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some for a special status as the evolutionary apex of the uniquely - human language faculty - evolutionary yet mysteriously immune to Darwinian adaptive selection. Prof. Givón's book treats syntactic complexity as an integral part of the evolutionary rise of human communication. The book first d…
On the So-Called Sov Word Order in Mandarin Chinese
Two theses concerning word order in Mandarin Chinese have been investigated through a quantified study of written and spoken contemporary Mandarin. It is found, first, that Mandarin is synchronically a typical VO language, in terms of text distribution of VO and OV orders. OV appears at the level of 10% or lower in text, and this is true for both definite and indefinite objects. Further, the functional distribution of OV in both texts suggests th…
The Time-Axis Phenomenon
It is shown that presuppositions and implications associated with verbs distribute themselves relative to the time-axis (action-time) of the verb. Presuppositions pertain to the time preceding this time-axis, while implications pertain to the time following the time-axis. The semantics of two universal verb classes, modality verbs (M-verbs) and cognition verbs (C-verbs), is analysed in light of these findings. Two widespread diachronic processes …
Notes on the Semantic Structure of English Adjectives
The semantic structure of paired English adjectives is investigated, and the results are extended—or an extension of the result is suggested—to the vast lexicon of derived English adjectives. It is found that English adjectives are not semantic primitives, but rather are semantically based upon or derived from nouns or verbs. Categories of noun-based vs. verb-based adjectives are set up, and then contrasted with the categories of stative vs. acti…
Discourse, Grammar and Typology
1. Introduction 2. Curriculum vitae (by Verhaar, S.J., John W.M.) 3. List of publications 4. Section I: Transitivity and voice 5. Diathesis: The Middle, Particularly in West-Germanic (by Abraham, Werner) 6. How many Transitivisers are in Kope? (by Clifton, John M.) 7. Complement Clauses versus Relative Clauses: Some Khmer Evidence (by Comrie, Bernard) 8. The two Prototypes of Ditransitive Verbs: The Indonesian Evidence (by Kaswanti, Bambang Purwo…
Notes on the Semantic Structure of English Adjectives
The semantic structure of paired English adjectives is investigated, and the results are extended—or an extension of the result is suggested—to the vast lexicon of derived English adjectives. It is found that English adjectives are not semantic primitives, but rather are semantically based upon or derived from nouns or verbs. Categories of noun-based vs. verb-based adjectives are set up, and then contrasted with the categories of stative vs. acti…
On ordered rules and the modified base of ChiBemba verbs
Linguistic Colonialism and De-Colonialisation
No abstract
The White Linguist in Africa
No abstract
The Time–axis Phenomenon
It is shown that presuppositions and implications associated with verbs distribute themselves relative to the time-axis (action-time) of the verb. Presuppositions pertain to the time preceding this time-axis, while implications pertain to the time following the time-axis. The semantics of two universal verb classes, modality verbs (M-verbs) and cognition verbs (C-verbs), is analysed in light of these findings. Two widespread diachronic processes …
The Time-Axis Phenomenon
It is shown that presuppositions and implications associated with verbs distribute themselves relative to the time-axis (action-time) of the verb. Presuppositions pertain to the time preceding this time-axis, while implications pertain to the time following the time-axis. The semantics of two universal verb classes, modality verbs (M-verbs) and cognition verbs (C-verbs), is analysed in light of these findings. Two widespread diachronic processes …
Discourse and Syntax
On Understanding Grammar
Logic vs. pragmatics, with human language as the referee
Topic Continuity in Discourse
The functional notion of “topic” or “topicality” has suffered, traditionally, from two distinct drawbacks. First, it has remained largely ill defined or intuitively defined. And second, quite often its definition boiled down to structure-dependent circularity. This volume represents a major departure from past practices, without rejecting both their intuitive appeal and the many good results yielded by them. First, “topic” and “topicality” are re…
Syntax
This book is a comprehensive introduction to syntax, the study of the structure of sentences. It adopts a functional-typological approach, meaning that it emphasizes the relationship between the structure of a language and the communicative functions it serves, and it draws on data from a wide range of languages. Volume I covers basic concepts such as grammatical relations, word order, case marking, agreement, and the structure of clauses. Givón …
On the So-Called Sov Word Order in Mandarin Chinese
Two theses concerning word order in Mandarin Chinese have been investigated through a quantified study of written and spoken contemporary Mandarin. It is found, first, that Mandarin is synchronically a typical VO language, in terms of text distribution of VO and OV orders. OV appears at the level of 10% or lower in text, and this is true for both definite and indefinite objects. Further, the functional distribution of OV in both texts suggests th…
Syntax
Voice and inversion
Functionalism and Grammar
This book is Prof. Givón's long-awaited critical examination of the fundamental theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the functionalist approach to grammar. It challenges functionalists to take their own medicine and establish non-circular empirical definitions of both 'function' and 'structure'. Ideological hand-waving, however fervent and right-thinking, is seldom an adequate substitute for analytic rigor and empirical responsibility.…
English Grammar
Part 1 Introduction: grammar and communication whose grammar? grammar for communication theme and variation in syntactic description parsing - tree diagrams deep structure, surface structure and meaning. Part 2 Vocabulary - words and morphemes: preliminaries lexical vs. grammatical vocabulary the morphemic status of English vocabulary lexical word-classes minor word classes. Part 3 Simple verbal clauses: preliminaries parsing and tree diagrams - …
Discourse, Grammar and Typology
1. Introduction 2. Curriculum vitae (by Verhaar, S.J., John W.M.) 3. List of publications 4. Section I: Transitivity and voice 5. Diathesis: The Middle, Particularly in West-Germanic (by Abraham, Werner) 6. How many Transitivisers are in Kope? (by Clifton, John M.) 7. Complement Clauses versus Relative Clauses: Some Khmer Evidence (by Comrie, Bernard) 8. The two Prototypes of Ditransitive Verbs: The Indonesian Evidence (by Kaswanti, Bambang Purwo…
Voice and Inversion
Grammatical Relations
Syntax
This new edition of Syntax: A functional-typological introduction is at many points radically revised. In the previous edition (1984) the author deliberately chose to de-emphasize the more formal aspects of syntactic structure, in favor of a more comprehensive treatment of the semantic and pragmatic correlates of syntactic structure. With hindsight the author now finds the de-emphasis of the formal properties a somewhat regrettable choice, since …
Syntax
This new edition of Syntax: A functional-typological introduction is at many points radically revised. In the previous edition (1984) the author deliberately chose to de-emphasize the more formal aspects of syntactic structure, in favor of a more comprehensive treatment of the semantic and pragmatic correlates of syntactic structure. With hindsight the author now finds the de-emphasis of the formal properties a somewhat regrettable choice, since …
The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language
The contributors to this volume are linguists, psychologists, neuroscientists, primatologists, and anthropologists who share the assumption that language, just as mind and brain, are products of biological evolution. The rise of human language is not viewed as a serendipitous mutation that gave birth to a unique linguistic organ, but as a gradual, adaptive extension of pre-existing mental capacities and brain structures. The contributors carefull…
The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity
Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some for a special status as the evolutionary apex of the uniquely - human language faculty - evolutionary yet mysteriously immune to Darwinian adaptive selection. Prof. Givón's book treats syntactic complexity as an integral part of the evolutionary rise of human communication. The book first d…
Mechanisms of Syntactic Change
Topic, Pronoun and Grammatical Agreement
In this paper I would like to lay to rest two myths about grammatical agreement. The first identifies grommatical agreement with subject -verb agreement. I will suggest below that this is an unfortunate view of the phenomenon, and that the underlying reality upon which grammatical agreement rises is that of topic -verb agreement. The second is the tacit assumption that agreement and pronominalization are two distinct processes. I will suggest bel…
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