LINGUIST List 17.3572

Sat Dec 02 2006

Books: Linguistic Theories/Syntax: Helasvuo, Campbell

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Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Grammar from the Human Perspective: Helasvuo, Campbell
Message 1: Grammar from the Human Perspective: Helasvuo, Campbell
Date: 30-Nov-2006
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Grammar from the Human Perspective: Helasvuo, Campbell


Title: Grammar from the Human Perspective Subtitle: Case, space and person in Finnish Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 277 Published: 2006 Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=CILT%20277

Editor: Marja-Liisa Helasvuo Editor: Lyle Campbell Hardback: ISBN: 9027247927 Pages: 280 Price: U.S. $ 132.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027247927 Pages: 280 Price: Europe EURO 110.00
Abstract:

The papers of this volume investigate how grammar codes the subjectiveviewpoint of human language users, that is, how grammar reflects humanconceptualization. Some of the articles deal with spatial relations andlocations. They discuss how basic attributes of human conceptualization areencoded in the grammatical expression of spatial relations. Other articlesconcern embodiment in language, showing how conceptualization is mediatedby one's embodied experience of the world and ourselves. Finally, some ofthe articles discuss coding of person focusing on the subjec­tivity ofconceptualization and how it is reflected in grammar.

The articles show that conceptualization reflects the speaker's construalof the situation, and furthermore, that it is intersubjective because itreflects the speaker's understanding of the relations between the speechact participants. The papers deal with Finnish, utilizing the richresources of Finnish grammar to contribute to issues in contemporarylinguistics and in particular to Cognitive Grammar.

Table of contents

Abbreviations & transcription symbols vii-viiiAcknowledgements ixIntroduction: Grammar from the human perspectiveMarja-Liisa Helasvuo and Lyle Campbell 1-10An introduction to Finnish spatial relations: Local cases and adpositionsTuomas Huumo and Krista Ojutkangas 11-20Part I: Space and locationSpatial axes in language and conceptualisation: The case of bidirectionalconstructionsKrista Ojutkangas 21-39"I woke up from the sofa": Subjective directionality in Finnish expressionsof a spatio-cognitive transferTuomas Huumo 41-65Metonymy in locatives of stateTiina Onikki-Rantajääskö 67-100Part II: The human perspectiveBody part names and grammaticalizationToni Suutari 101-128On distinguishing between 'recipient' and 'beneficiary' in FinnishSeppo Kittilä 129-152Oblique mentions of human referents in Finnish conversation: The effects ofprominence in discourse and grammarRitva Laury 153-171Part III: PersonPerson in Finnish: Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations in interactionMarja-Liisa Helasvuo and Lea Laitinen 173-207Zero person in Finnish: A grammatical resource for construing human referenceLea Laitinen 209-231Passive — personal or impersonal? A Finnish perspectiveMarja-Liisa Helasvuo 233-255References 257-275Index of terms 277-280

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories                             Syntax
Subject Language(s): Finnish (fin)
Written In: English (eng )

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