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<font size=2>John Benjamins Publishing would like to announce the
publication of the following volumes in the field of Functional
Linguistics:<br>
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Syntax I. An Introduction. <br>
T. GIVÓN (University of Oregon) <br>
United States and Canada: 1 58811 065 6 / USD 90.00 (Hardcover)<br>
1 58811 066 4 / USD 29.95 (Paperback)<br>
Rest of world: 90 272 2577 X / NLG 198.00 (Hardcover)<br>
90 272 2578 8 / NLG 66.00 (Paperback)<br>
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Syntax II. An Introduction. <br>
T.GIVÓN (University of Oregon)<br>
United States and Canda: 1 58811 067 2 / USD 80.00 (Hardcover)<br>
1 58811 068 0 / USD 26.95 (Paperback)<br>
Rest of world: 90 272 2579 6 / NLG 176.00 (Hardcover)<br>
90 272 2580 X / NLG 60.00 (Paperback)<br>
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This new edition of Syntax: A functional-typological introduction is at
many points radically revised. In the previous edition (1984) the author
deliberately chose to de-emphasize the more formal aspects of syntactic
structure, in favor of a more comprehensive treatment of the semantic and
pragmatic correlates of syntactic structure. With hindsight the author
now finds the de-emphasis of the formal properties a somewhat regrettable
choice, since it creates the false impression that one could somehow be a
functionalist without being at the same time a structuralist. To redress
the balance, explicit treatment is given to the core formal properties of
syntactic constructions, such as constituency and hierarchy (phrase
structure), grammatical relations and relational control, clause union,
finiteness and governed constructions. <br>
At the same time, the cognitive and communicative underpinning of
grammatical universals are further elucidated and underscored, and the
interplay between grammar, cognition and neurology is outlined. Also the
relevant typological database is expanded, now exploring in greater
precision the bounds of syntactic diversity. Lastly, Syntax treats
synchronic-typological diversity more explicitly as the dynamic
by-product of diachronic development or grammaticalization. In so doing a
parallel is drawn between linguistic diversity and diachrony on the one
hand and biological diversity and evolution on the other. It is then
suggested that -- as in biology -- synchronic universals of grammar are
exercised and instantiated primarily as constraints on development, and
are thus merely the apparent by-products of universal constraints on
grammaticalization. <br>
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