The Role of Functions in Syntax: A unified approach to language theory, description, and typology
Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay
[Typological Studies in Language, 111] 2016. xvi, 308 pp.
Zygmunt Frajzyngier
List of John Benjamins publications for which Zygmunt Frajzyngier plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Interaction of Morphology and Syntax: Case studies in Afroasiatic
Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay
[Typological Studies in Language, 75] 2008. v, 234 pp.
Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Morphology | Syntax | Typology
Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories
Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Adam Hodges and David S. Rood
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 72] 2005. xii, 432 pp.
Subjects Theoretical linguistics
Explaining Language Structure through Systems Interaction
Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay
[Typological Studies in Language, 55] 2003. xviii, 309 pp.
Subjects Typology
Reflexives: Forms and functions. Volume 1
Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Traci Walker
[Typological Studies in Language, 40] 2000. xiv, 286 pp.
Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Typology
Reciprocals: Forms and functions. Volume 2
Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Traci Walker
[Typological Studies in Language, 41] 2000. xii, 201 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Semantics | Syntax | Typology
Forms and functions: Volume 1: Reflexives; Volume 2: Reciprocals. 2 Volumes (set)
Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Traci Walker
[Typological Studies in Language, 40-41] 2000. xiv, 286 pp. & xii, 201 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Semantics | Syntax | Typology
Grammaticalization of the Complex Sentence: A case study in Chadic
Zygmunt Frajzyngier
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 32] 1996. xviii, 501 pp.
Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Morphology | Syntax
Current Progress in Chadic Linguistics: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chadic Linguistics, Boulder, Colorado, 1–2 May 1987
Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 62] 1989. vi, 312 pp.
Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2024 Minimal participant structure of the event and the emergence of the argument/adjunct distinction Studies in Language 48:1, pp. 181–227 | Article
The present study answers the following questions: why the semantic roles of agent or patient are often unmarked; why other semantic roles, such as benefactive, stative locative, goal, or source, are unmarked when used with some verbs and marked when used with other verbs; and why semantic… read more
2021 Chapter 4. Typology of functional domains Linguistic Categories, Language Description and Linguistic Typology, Alfieri, Luca, Giorgio Francesco Arcodia and Paolo Ramat (eds.), pp. 101–136 | Chapter
The aim of this study is to advocate one of the aims of linguistic typology, viz. the discovery of how languages are similar or different with respect to the functions they encode and consequently for the development of a typology based solely on the functions encoded in the grammatical systems… read more
2020 ‘Body’ and the relationship between verb and participants Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage, Kraska-Szlenk, Iwona (ed.), pp. 117–132 | Chapter
Heine and Kuteva (2004) list ‘reflexive’, ‘middle’, and ‘reciprocal’ as functions grammaticalized from the noun ‘body’ across languages. The present study, based on data from Pero (West Chadic), demonstrates the grammaticalization of one additional function, namely that of indicating that the… read more
2018 Locative predication in Chadic: Implications for linguistic theory Afroasiatic: Data and perspectives, Tosco, Mauro (ed.), pp. 203–233 | Chapter
The aim of this study is to demonstrate that Proto-Chadic had a category ‘locative predication’ that was formally and semantically distinct from all other predications in the language. The proposed hypothesis, combined with the principle of functional transparency (Frajzyngier & Shay 2003), allows… read more
2015 Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability Corpus-based Studies of Lesser-described Languages: The CorpAfroAs corpus of spoken AfroAsiatic languages, Mettouchi, Amina, Martine Vanhove and Dominique Caubet (eds.), pp. 257–279 | Article
This paper investigates a strategy other than the one currently implemented in the CorpAfroAs project, allowing cross-linguistic comparison among multiple-language corpora. It involves comparing a database of functional domains and subdomains across languages. The underlying principle is that… read more
2013 Non-aprioristic typology as a discovery tool Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation: In honor of Scott DeLancey, Thornes, Tim, Erik Andvik, Gwendolyn Hyslop and Joana Jansen (eds.), pp. 3–26 | Article
Aprioristic approaches to typology, whether based on assumptions about cognition or real-world reference or on categories exhibited in a single language or groups of languages, are likely to overlook important functions that just happen to lie outside of the aprioristically assumed categories. The… read more
2010 Grammaticalization within and outside of a domain Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization Research, Van linden, An, Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Kristin Davidse (eds.), pp. 43–62 | Article
The emergence of many grammatical categories cannot be explained in terms of the semantic properties of the source and the target or in terms of other cognitively based processes or language use such as metaphor, metonymy, usage and frequency of use. The term ‘grammaticalization’ refers here to the… read more
2010 Comment clause: Crossing the boundaries between simple and complex sentences Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy: Syntax and pragmatics, Bril, Isabelle (ed.), pp. 313–332 | Article
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the existence of the category ‘comment clause’ whose range of use by far exceeds the traditional comment-on-topic category. In addition to a topicalized noun, the comment clause may have in its scope an element in focus, an adverbial phrase, and most… read more
2009 Change of functions of the first person pronouns in Chinese Historical Linguistics 2007: Selected papers from the 18th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 6–11 August 2007, Dufresne, Monique, Fernande Dupuis and Etleva Vocaj (eds.), pp. 223–232 | Article
In Classical Chinese, there were four first person pronouns: wu2, wo3, yu2, yu3, and a zero-pronoun1 with the following functions: wu2 was the default marking the speaker; wo3 coded contrast between the speaker and others; yu3 was used when talking about the speaker in connection with heaven,… read more
2008 One way of becoming a dative subject Interaction of Morphology and Syntax: Case studies in Afroasiatic, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt and Erin Shay (eds.), pp. 61–83 | Article
2008 Grammaticalization, typology and semantics: Expanding the agenda Rethinking Grammaticalization: New perspectives, López-Couso, María José and Elena Seoane (eds.), pp. 61–102 | Article
The paper aims at providing an expanded model of grammaticalization, where the term is understood as the process through which a language develops grammatical means of coding various formal, semantic or pragmatic functional domains. It thus subsumes the traditional scope of grammaticalization, but… read more
2008 Introduction Interaction of Morphology and Syntax: Case studies in Afroasiatic, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt and Erin Shay (eds.), pp. 1–5 | Miscellaneous
2008 Towards an understanding of the progressive form in English: The Imperative as a heuristic tool Modality–Aspect Interfaces: Implications and typological solutions, Abraham, Werner and Elisabeth Leiss (eds.), pp. 81–96 | Article
The general aim of the study is an exploration into the meaning of a grammatical form and the proofs of its meaning. The scope of this study is the form referred to as the “progressive aspect” in English. The absence of an imperative progressive is used as a heuristic tool in the determination of… read more
2006 Grammaticalization of switch reference: Motivation and means Studies in African Linguistic Typology, Voeltz, F.K. Erhard (ed.), pp. 113–130 | Article
2005 The principle of Functional Transparency in language structure and in language evolution Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, Adam Hodges and David S. Rood (eds.), pp. 259–283 | Article
2005 Introduction Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, Adam Hodges and David S. Rood (eds.), pp. vii ff. | Miscellaneous
2002 System interaction in the coding of modality Modality and its Interaction with the Verbal System, Barbiers, Sjef, Frits Beukema and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 165–184 | Article
2001 Review of Hombert & Hyman (1999): Bantu Historical Linguistics Studies in Language 25:3, pp. 657–663 | Review
2000 Domains of point of view and coreferentiality: System interaction approach to the study of reflexives Reflexives: Forms and functions, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt and Traci Walker (eds.), pp. 125 ff. | Article
2000 Coding of the reciprocal function: Two solutions Reciprocals: Forms and functions, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt and Traci Walker (eds.), pp. 179 ff. | Article
2000 Introduction Reflexives: Forms and functions, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt and Traci Walker (eds.), pp. vii ff. | Miscellaneous
1996 On Sources of Demonstratives and Anaphors Studies in Anaphora, Fox, Barbara A. (ed.), pp. 169 ff. | Article
1995 A Functional Theory of Complementizers Modality in Grammar and Discourse, Bybee, Joan L. and Suzanne Fleischman (eds.), pp. 473 ff. | Article
1994 Review of Noonan (1992): A grammar of Lango Studies in Language 18:1, pp. 230–234 | Review
1991 The de dicto domain in language Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues, Traugott, Elizabeth Closs and Bernd Heine (eds.), pp. 219 ff. | Article
1989 Introduction Current Progress in Chadic Linguistics: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chadic Linguistics, Boulder, Colorado, 1–2 May 1987, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (ed.), pp. 1–7 | Miscellaneous
1989 Double epenthesis and N-class in Chadic Current Progress in Chadic Linguistics: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chadic Linguistics, Boulder, Colorado, 1–2 May 1987, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (ed.), pp. 233–250 | Article
1987 The relative clause in Proto-Chadic Proceedings of the Fourth International Hamito-Semitic Congress, Jungraithmayr, Herrmann and Walter W. Mueller (eds.), pp. 425–450 | Article
1987 Truth and the Compositionality Principle: A Reply to Palmer Studies in Language 11:1, pp. 211–217 | Miscellaneous
1985 Truth and the Indicative Sentence Studies in Language 9:2, pp. 243–254 | Article
1984 On the proto-chadic syntactic pattern Current Progress in Afro-Asiatic Linguistics: Papers of the Third International Hamito-Semitic Congress, London, 1978, Bynon, James (ed.), pp. 139–159 | Article