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1 Linguistic categories, language description and linguistic typology - An overview
1 Introduction: The rationale for this book
2 Language-specific vs. universal categories, description vs. comparison - A long history made short
3 The lingtyp debate and its background
4 Recent insights: The Linguistic Typology debate
5 Concluding remarks
6 The contributions to this volume
References
2 Towards standardization of morphosyntactic terminology for general linguistics
1 Terminological consistency and standardization
2 Comparative concepts, language-particular categories, and natural kinds
3 Examples of possible standard definitions of well-known terms
4 Principles for standard morphosyntactic terms
5 Shared-core definitions of comparative concepts
6 Stereotypes and prototypes
7 Standard comparative terms and language-particular description
8 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
3 Universal underpinnings of language-specific categories
1 Introduction
2 The (non-) universality of categories
3 Why do languages categorize their UoLs and how?
4 Beyond grammatical categories: The categories of interaction
5 Conclusion: How to do typology
References
4 Typology of functional domains
1 Aims of typology
2 Approaches to the study of functional categories
3 Problems with conceptual frameworks (comparative concepts)
4 Current approaches to the discovery of functions
5 Theoretical foundations for a non-aprioristic description of functions
6 Discovery of the function of a linguistic form
7 The basic questions in the cross-linguistic study of functions
8 Proposed object of typology of functions
9 Point of view
10 Locative predication
11 Benefactive, malefactive, and the indirect object.
12 Advantages of comparing functions encoded in the grammatical systems
13 What the typology of functional functions will look like
Abbreviations
References
5 Theories of language, language comparison, and grammatical description
A. Introduction and background
1 Introduction
2 Background
B. Determining a comparative concept: The definition of "serial verb construction"
3 Background: Definition types
4 Basic type of the definition
5 Subtype of the definition
6 Background: Definition form
7 The definition of "serial verb construction": Logical form (1)
8 The definition of "serial verb construction": Logical form (2)
9 The concept of serial verb construction
10 Applying the concept term
C. 'Comparative concepts' vs. 'descriptive categories': Revising the conception
11 Comparative concepts (1): Basics - Revisions One to Four
12 Comparative concepts (2): Intension-based concept types - Revisions Five to Seven
13 Comparative concepts (3): 'Universal applicability' - Revision Eight
14 Descriptive categories (1): The nature of descriptive categories - Revision Nine
15 Descriptive categories (2): How not to define category terms
16 Descriptive categories (3): The proper treatment of category terms - Revision Ten
17 Relating comparative concepts and descriptive categories. Concept types
18 The problem of type-token relations
19 Theories of language, language comparison, and grammatical description
Acknowledgements
References
6 Comparative concepts are not a different kind of thing
1 Introduction
2 A critical close reading of Haspelmath (2010a)
3 An alternative: Monotonic, multiple inheritance
4 Conclusion and outlook
Acknowledgments
References
7 Essentials of the unityp research project
0. Preliminary remarks
1 Introduction.
2 Some essential concepts of UNITYP
3 UNITYP in progress: New aspects and notions
Categories and concepts: In memoriam Hansjakob Seiler
References
8 The non-universality of linguistic categories
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical and methodological preliminaries
3 Functional characteristics of pluractional markers
4 Formal properties of pluractional markers
5 Diachronic sources of pluractional markers
6 The grammatical status of pluractional markers in cross-linguistic perspective
7 Conclusion
Abbreviations (cf. Leipzig Glossing Rules)
References
9 Parts of speech, comparative concepts and Indo-European linguistics
1 Introduction
2 The comparative concept debate in the field of the PoS
3 The PoS in Latin and in Sanskrit: State of the art
4 A relatively new PoS theory
5 The Latin PoS system
6 The RV Sanskrit PoS system
7 Discussion and conclusion
List of abbreviations
References
10 Verbal vs. nominal reflexive constructions: A categorical opposition?
1 Introduction
2 The debate on "reflexives"
3 The morphology of reflexives
4 Verbal vs. nominal reflexives
5 Conclusions
Abbreviations
References
11 The category 'pronoun' in East and Southeast Asian languages, with a focus on Japanese
1 Introduction
2 Person as a grammatical category
3 Personal pronouns
4 Pronouns in East and Southeast Asian languages
5 Ellipsis
6 Towards an emancipatory pragmatics
7 Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Subject index
Language index
Author index.
Title page
Copyright
Table of contents
1 Linguistic categories, language description and linguistic typology - An overview
1 Introduction: The rationale for this book
2 Language-specific vs. universal categories, description vs. comparison - A long history made short
3 The lingtyp debate and its background
4 Recent insights: The Linguistic Typology debate
5 Concluding remarks
6 The contributions to this volume
References
2 Towards standardization of morphosyntactic terminology for general linguistics
1 Terminological consistency and standardization
2 Comparative concepts, language-particular categories, and natural kinds
3 Examples of possible standard definitions of well-known terms
4 Principles for standard morphosyntactic terms
5 Shared-core definitions of comparative concepts
6 Stereotypes and prototypes
7 Standard comparative terms and language-particular description
8 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements
References
3 Universal underpinnings of language-specific categories
1 Introduction
2 The (non-) universality of categories
3 Why do languages categorize their UoLs and how?
4 Beyond grammatical categories: The categories of interaction
5 Conclusion: How to do typology
References
4 Typology of functional domains
1 Aims of typology
2 Approaches to the study of functional categories
3 Problems with conceptual frameworks (comparative concepts)
4 Current approaches to the discovery of functions
5 Theoretical foundations for a non-aprioristic description of functions
6 Discovery of the function of a linguistic form
7 The basic questions in the cross-linguistic study of functions
8 Proposed object of typology of functions
9 Point of view
10 Locative predication
11 Benefactive, malefactive, and the indirect object.
12 Advantages of comparing functions encoded in the grammatical systems
13 What the typology of functional functions will look like
Abbreviations
References
5 Theories of language, language comparison, and grammatical description
A. Introduction and background
1 Introduction
2 Background
B. Determining a comparative concept: The definition of "serial verb construction"
3 Background: Definition types
4 Basic type of the definition
5 Subtype of the definition
6 Background: Definition form
7 The definition of "serial verb construction": Logical form (1)
8 The definition of "serial verb construction": Logical form (2)
9 The concept of serial verb construction
10 Applying the concept term
C. 'Comparative concepts' vs. 'descriptive categories': Revising the conception
11 Comparative concepts (1): Basics - Revisions One to Four
12 Comparative concepts (2): Intension-based concept types - Revisions Five to Seven
13 Comparative concepts (3): 'Universal applicability' - Revision Eight
14 Descriptive categories (1): The nature of descriptive categories - Revision Nine
15 Descriptive categories (2): How not to define category terms
16 Descriptive categories (3): The proper treatment of category terms - Revision Ten
17 Relating comparative concepts and descriptive categories. Concept types
18 The problem of type-token relations
19 Theories of language, language comparison, and grammatical description
Acknowledgements
References
6 Comparative concepts are not a different kind of thing
1 Introduction
2 A critical close reading of Haspelmath (2010a)
3 An alternative: Monotonic, multiple inheritance
4 Conclusion and outlook
Acknowledgments
References
7 Essentials of the unityp research project
0. Preliminary remarks
1 Introduction.
2 Some essential concepts of UNITYP
3 UNITYP in progress: New aspects and notions
Categories and concepts: In memoriam Hansjakob Seiler
References
8 The non-universality of linguistic categories
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical and methodological preliminaries
3 Functional characteristics of pluractional markers
4 Formal properties of pluractional markers
5 Diachronic sources of pluractional markers
6 The grammatical status of pluractional markers in cross-linguistic perspective
7 Conclusion
Abbreviations (cf. Leipzig Glossing Rules)
References
9 Parts of speech, comparative concepts and Indo-European linguistics
1 Introduction
2 The comparative concept debate in the field of the PoS
3 The PoS in Latin and in Sanskrit: State of the art
4 A relatively new PoS theory
5 The Latin PoS system
6 The RV Sanskrit PoS system
7 Discussion and conclusion
List of abbreviations
References
10 Verbal vs. nominal reflexive constructions: A categorical opposition?
1 Introduction
2 The debate on "reflexives"
3 The morphology of reflexives
4 Verbal vs. nominal reflexives
5 Conclusions
Abbreviations
References
11 The category 'pronoun' in East and Southeast Asian languages, with a focus on Japanese
1 Introduction
2 Person as a grammatical category
3 Personal pronouns
4 Pronouns in East and Southeast Asian languages
5 Ellipsis
6 Towards an emancipatory pragmatics
7 Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Subject index
Language index
Author index.