Transitivity involves a number of components, only one of which is the presence of an object
of the verb. These components are all concerned with the effectiveness with which an action …

Although there is only one ergative language in Europe (Basque), perhaps one-quarter of
the world's languages show ergative properties, and pose considerable difficulties for many …

1.1 Orientation 1 1.2 Saussure's firewall 2 1.3 Structuralism and the philosophy of science 4
1.4 The three dogmas of structuralism 7 1.4. 1 Arbitrariness 7 1.4. 2 Idealization: Langue vs …

Javanese; Jawa [P/U] Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian,
Sundic, Javanese. Central Java, Irian Jaya, Sulawesi, Sumatra etc.(Indonesia). f Primary …

The key argument of this book, originally published in 1984, is that when human beings
communicate with each other by means of a natural language they typically do not do so in …

The three volumes of Language typology and syntactic description offer a unique survey of
syntactic and morphological structure in the languages of the world. Topics covered include …

This book examines the frequencies of the six possible basic word (or constituent) orders
(SOV, SVO, VSO, VOS, OSV, OVS) provides a typologically grounded explanation for those …

This book presents the first systematic typological analysis of applicatives across African,
American Indian, and East Asian languages. It is also the first to address their functions in …

Causatives and Causation is the first comprehensive study of causative constructions found
in the world's languages. This important new research, based on a data base of more than …

Preliminary Material/Talmy Givón--On the Explanation of Transformations/Chet A. Greider--
Discourse without Syntax/Erica C. Garcia--Planned and Unplanned Discourse/Elinor Ochs …