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Author: Michael Tomasello
1 Concept Structuring Systems in Language
Space-Time Configuration
Figure-Ground Organization
Topological Properties of Space-Time Schemas
Fictive Motion
Force and Causation
Illustrating the Category of Force Dynamics
Steady-State Force-Dynamic Patterns
Elaborations of Causality
Perspective
Perspectival Location
Perspectival Distance
Perspectival Motility
Distribution of Attention
Path Windowing
Event Structure: Components of Motion Events Coded in Language
Co-event+Motion
Path+Motion
Figure+Motion
Conclusion
References
2 Discourse and Grammar
What is Discourse?
Data
Preferred Argument Structure: Where Grammar Meets Discourse
Referential Form
One-Place Predicates
Two-Place Predicates
Three-Place Predicates
Quantitative Overview of Lexical Argument Distribution
Summary: Free and Constrained Roles in Argument Structure
Referential Pragmatics and Information Management
Intransitive Pragmatics
Transitive Pragmatics
Ditransitive Pragmatics
Cross-Linguistic Evidence for Pragmatic Constraints
Summary: A Discourse-and-Grammar Parallel
Low Information Density
The Importance of Being Structured
Constraint and Strategy
Pattern Without Rule
The Grammatical Architecture Of Cognitive Cost
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
3 Human Cognition and the Elaboration of Events: Some Universal Conceptual Categories
The Cognitive-Typological Approach
Two Basic Event Structures
Grammatical Constructions in an Intermediate Semantic Domain: Reflexive and Middle
Degree of Elaboration of Events
Iconicity
Some Results and Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
4 Social Interaction and Grammar
The Social Relevance of Grammar: Cases in Point
Coparticipation and the Construction of Turns
Grammar and Interactional Sequences
Grammar and Repair
Syntax in Conversational Japanese
Syntax in Conversational English
Organization of Repair
Grammar and Assessments
Grammar and the Interactional Negotiation of Referents
Conclusion
Appendix
References
5 Cognitive Processes in Grammaticalization
Grammaticalization
General Patterns of Grammaticalization
Paths of Change and Synchronic Patterns
Conceptual Sources for Grammatical Material
Grammaticalization as Automatization
Emancipation and Habituation in The Creation of Grammatical Meaning
Emancipation
Pragmatic Inference
Generalization or Bleaching as Habituation
Categorization
The Grammaticalization of Subordinate Clauses
Grammatical Change in Grammaticalization
Decategorialization
Loss of Constituent Structure
Implications of Grammaticalization
References
6 Pronouns and Point of View: Cognitive Principles of Coreference
Desiderata for a Theory of Pronominal Anaphora
The Meanings of Nouns and Pronouns
Point-of-View Effects
Conceptual Reference Points
Selection of Reference Points: How We Know Where to Start
Prominence
Figure and Ground: Why Subjects Are Special
Profile and Base: Why Some Nouns Don’t Seem to Count
Conceptual Connectivity: The Extent of the Line of Sight
Tight Connectivity
Loose Connectivity
Non-Connectivity
Summary
References
7 On Explaining Language Universals
Structure-Dependence
Reflexive Pronouns
Monogenesis
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
8 The Geometry of Grammatical Meaning: Semantic Maps and Cross-Linguistic Comparison
The Problem of Multifunctionality in Grammar
How Semantic Maps Work
Some Further Semantic Maps
Indefinite Pronouns
Reflexives and Related Functions
Instrumentals and Related Functions
The Advantages of Semantic Maps
Semantic Maps and Diachronic Change
Some Further Issues
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
9 Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: The Case of Let Alone
1 Background
1.1 Idiomaticity and Its Dimensions
1.1.1 Encoding Versus Decoding Idioms
1.1.2 Grammatical Versus Extragrammatical Idioms
1.1.3 Substantive Versus Formal Idioms
1.1.4 Idioms With and Without Pragmatic Point
1.2 A Typology Of Idiomatic Expressions
1.2.1 Unfamiliar Pieces Unfamiliarly Arranged
1.2.2 Familiar Pieces Unfamiliarly Arranged
1.2.3 Familiar Pieces Familiarly Arranged
2 Formal Idioms: The Case of Let Alone
2.1 Preliminaries
2.2 The Syntax of Let Alone
2.2.1 Let Alone as a Coordinate Conjunction
2.2.2 Let Alone as a Paired Focus Construction
2.2.3 Sentence Fragments and the Complement of Let Alone
2.2.4 Let Alone as a Negative Polarity Item
2.2.5 Multiple Paired Foci: A Syntactic Puzzle
2.3 The Semantics of Let Alone
2.3.1 The Interpretation of Sentence Fragments
2.3.2 The Entailment Relation: Presupposed Dimensions and Scales
2.3.3 Barely as the F Element
2.3.4 Complex Scales
2.4 The Pragmatics of Let Alone
3 Conclusion
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