On transitivity

  • This paper critically discusses and contrasts some of the different conceptualisations of transitivity that have been presented in the literature, and argues that transitivity as a morphosyntactic phenomenon and effectiveness of an event as a semantic concept should be separated in discussions of transitivity, and also, like many other aspects of grammar, transitivity should be seen as a constructional phenomenon, and so each construction in a language needs to be examined separately, in natural contexts. An Appendix presents some general questions one can consider when analysing language data.

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Author:Randy J. LaPollaORCiDGND, František Kratochvíl, Alexander R. Coupe
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-380467
URL:http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/randylapolla/papers/LaPolla_Kratochvil_and_Coupe_2011_On_transitivity.pdf
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.35.3.00int
ISSN:1569-9978
ISSN:0378-4177
Parent Title (English):Studies in language : international journal sponsored by the Foundation "Foundations of Language"
Publisher:Benjamins
Place of publication:Amsterdam
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2011
Year of first Publication:2011
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2015/09/02
GND Keyword:Konstruktionsgrammatik; Ergativ; Thematische Relation; Transitivität; Valenz <Linguistik>
Volume:35
Issue:3
Page Number:24
First Page:469
Last Page:491
HeBIS-PPN:370130898
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Linguistik-Klassifikation:Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax
Linguistik-Klassifikation: Sprachtypologie / Language typology
Linguistik-Klassifikation: Grammatikforschung / Grammar research
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht