Grammatical Roles and Relations by Frank Robert Palmer

Grammatical Roles and Relations by Frank Robert Palmer

Frank Palmer's new book is a typological survey of grammatical roles, such as Agent, Patient, Beneficiary, and grammatical relations, such as Subject, Direct Object and Indirect Object, which are familiar concepts in traditional grammars. It describes the devices, such as the Passive, that alter or switch the identities between such roles and relations. A great wealth of examples is used to show that the grammatical systems of the familiar European languages are far from typical of many of the world's languages, for which we need to use such terms as 'Ergative' and 'Antipassive'. Professor Palmer provides an elegant and consistent framework within which grammatical roles and relations may be discussed, combining a great clarity of discussion with evidence from an enormous number of the world's languages.

'A valuable source of information and examples..amply illustrated with examples of languages ... a comprehensive and systematic presentation'. International Review of Applied Linguistics

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ISBN 13	9780521458368
ISBN 10	0521458366
Titel	Grammatical Roles and Relations
Autor	Frank Robert Palmer
Serie	Cambridge Textbooks In Linguistics
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1994-02-25
Seitenanzahl	276
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