Hualapai Reference Grammar

Switch - Reference and Categorial Grammar

Switch-Reference (SR) is a phenomenon in which the coreferentiality of two (or more) subjects in a complex sentence is indicated by a morphological device. Thus, in the English sentences in ( 1), there is no morphological distinction betv ... ·een (a) and (b) regardless of the difference in interpretation. On the other hand, Mojave (Vuman) indicates such a distinction by a difference in suffixe...

Coherence, Reference, and the Theory of Grammar

Korean Causatives in Role and Reference Grammar

who offered both ever-insightful comments and encouragement. My committee member Matthew Dryer, who spent much of his time reading and commenting on this project, in spite of his extremely busy schedule. My committee member Leonard Talmy, who gave me support and warm encouragement.

An Overview of Role and Reference Grammar

Semantic Macroroles in Role and Reference Grammar

Issues regarding the nature of the semantic relationships holding between a verb (or other predicating element) and its arguments have been the focus of much research and controversy since the mid-1960’s. Starting from Gruber (1965)’s notion of thematic relations and Fillmore (1968)’s concept of case roles, most contemporary theories of grammar assume some system of semantic predicate-argument ...