Role and Reference Grammar: New Developments and Perspectives... - 9783111390673

Role and Reference Grammar: New Developments and PerspectivesAuthor(s): Delia Bentley, Jens Fleischhauer, Lilin Guerrero, Mitsuaki Shimojo\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: De Gruyter, Germany\nImprint: De Gruyter Mouton\nISBN-13: 9783111390673, 978-3111390673\nSynopsis\nThis inaugural edited volume of the series Studies in Role and Reference Grammar brings together papers that showcase recent advancements in various aspects of the field. The individual chapters explore phenomena such as Aktionsart, operators, discourse and information structure, argument coding, alignment, voice, and clause linkage. Among other topics, the volume includes a revision of discourse representation, a new analysis of passive constructions, and a new RRG analysis of case syncretisms. The papers in this volume encompass analyses of a wide range of genetically and typologically diverse languages, such as Lakota, Yaqui, Japanese, Irish, Spanish, and several Indo-Aryan languages.\n\nThe book is targeted at the RR.