A Typology of Reference Systems
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A Typology of Reference Systems

A Typology of Reference Systems


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This volume offers a typology of reference systems across a range of typologically and genetically distinct languages, including English, Mandarin, non-literary varieties of Russian, Chadic languages, and a number of understudied Sino-Russian idiolects. The term 'reference system' designates all functions within the grammatical system of a given language that indicate whether and how the addressee(s) should identify the referents of participants in the proposition. In this book, Zygmunt Frajzyngier explores the major functional domains, subdomains, and individual functions that determine the identification of participants in a given language, and outlines which are the most and least frequently found crosslinguistically. The findings reveal that bare nouns, pronouns, demonstratives and determiners, and coding on the verb ('agreement') have different functions in different languages. The concluding chapters offer explanations for these differences and explore their implications for the theory and methodology of syntactic analysis, for linguistic typology, and for syntactic theories.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments List of abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: The reference system of Mupun 3: The reference system of modern Mandarin Chinese 4: The reference system of Polish 5: The reference system in non-literary varieties of Russian 6: The reference system in Sino-Russian idiolects 7: The reference system of Pero 8: The reference system of Mina 9: The reference system of Gidar 10: The reference system of Hdi 11: The reference system of Wandala 12: The reference system of Lele 13: The reference system of English 14: Summary 15: Implications References Index

About the Author :
Zygmunt Frajzyngier is Professor of Linguistics Emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder. His main research interests include the foundations of syntax and semantics from a cross-linguistic perspective, typological explanations in grammar, grammaticalization, and Chadic and Afroasiastic linguistics. His many books include The Afroasiastic Languages (co-edited with Erin Shay; CUP 2012), The Role of Functions in Syntax: A Unified Approach to Language Theory, Description, and Typology (with Erin Shay; Benjamins 2016), and The Emergence of Functions in Language (with Marielle Butters; OUP 2020).


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  • ISBN-13: 9780192896438
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 780 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0192896431
  • Publisher Date: 20 Jan 2023
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 418
  • Spine Width: 29 mm
  • Width: 161 mm


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