Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences articles from March 2006

Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences archives from March 2006

Introduction: operations on argument structure *.
March 1, 2006... 1. Background This special issue of Linguistics represents the result of a German/ Japanese research project jointly funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). The...

On the conceptual framework for voice phenomena *.
March 1, 2006... Abstract This article attempts to lay the conceptual foundations of voice phenomena, ranging from the familiar active/passive contrast to the ergative/antipassive opposition, as well as voice functions of split case-marking in both...

4. Pragmatically motivated voice systems.(On the conceptual framework for voice phenomena *)
March 1, 2006... While pragmatically motivated voice systems may appear to have little to do with the manner in which an action evolves, they can still be framed in the overall picture of voice as pertaining to the evolutionary properties of an action. Both the...

Towards a typology of reciprocal constructions: focus on German and Japanese (1).
March 1, 2006... "L'amour ainsi exige de l'autre ne saurait rien demander : il est pur engagement sans reciprocite'" (Sartre, L'Etre et le Neant, Paris: Gallimard, 1943: 424) Abstract The aim of this article is twofold." (a) to offer a detailed...

Transitivity pairs, markedness, and diachronic stability *.
March 1, 2006... Abstract Utilizing the classification of formal relations in causative-inchoative verb pairs developed by Haspelmath (1993), this article examines two further ramifications. First, the 30 verbs in his list are divided into two groups of...

The "passive" voice in Japanese and German: argument reduction versus argument extension (1).
March 1, 2006... Abstract In this article, we will examine the similarities and differences between the passive forms of German and Japanese. We would like to argue that the structural similarity observed in the passive forms is the result of the...

Rethinking the relationship between SELF-intensifiers and reflexives.
March 1, 2006... Abstract Recent studies into the syntax and semantics of intensifying self-forms (e.g. [John HIMSELF] came) have shown that a distinction needs to be drawn between two uses of such expressions: a juxtaposed or adnominal use (cf. above),...

Extra argumentality--affectees, landmarks, and voice *.
March 1, 2006... Abstract This article investigates sentences with additional core arguments of a special type in three languages, viz. German, English, and Mandarin. These additional arguments, called extra arguments in the article, form a...