37.1292, Books: Semantic Structures of Grammatical Systems and Their Realizations: Frajzyngier (2026)

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Date: 31-Mar-2026
From: Rosanna Woensdregt [rosanna.woensdregt at degruyterbrill.com]
Subject: Semantic Structures of Grammatical Systems and Their Realizations: Frajzyngier (2026)


Title: Semantic Structures of Grammatical Systems and Their
Realizations
Series Title: Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
           https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en
Book URL: https://brill.com/display/title/70143

Author(s): Zygmunt Frajzyngier

ISBN hardback: 978-90-04-75728-8
ISBN e-book: 978-90-04-75729-5
DOI: 10.1163/9789004757295

Abstract:

The theory proposed in this book enables linguists to explain how
utterances are formed in individual languages and why languages differ
in how they denote events and states that may appear physically
identical.
The formation of utterances is guided by the principle of functional
transparency, which consists of three components:
1. Transparency of the utterance’s role in discourse,
2. Transparency of the functions selected from the set coded in the
grammatical system of the given language,
3. Transparency of the role of each constituent within the utterance.
These principles of transparency are realized through various coding
means, including lexical categories, inflectional and derivational
morphology, linear orders, prosodic features, adpositions,
subordinators, and complementizers.
Readership: A concise resource for faculty and students in
linguistics, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology, as well as for
academic libraries. It will particularly interest scholars studying
how languages form and encode utterances.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Written In: English (eng)



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