Georgian has sometimes been described as a language that is 'totally irregular', where the notions of 'subject', 'object' and 'indirect object' have no relevance. Although it is often cited in work on general linguistics, language universals and language typology, no systematic account of the syntax of this morphologically complex language has been available for Western linguists. Dr Harris's work fills this important need, and indeed her book provides one of the best and most thorough studies available in English of the syntax of a non-Indo-European language. Working in the framework of relational grammar - a framework that is attracting great interest - Dr Harris shows that Georgian does have constructions found in better-known languages, and the study of individual languages to the development of linguistic theory.
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Georgian has sometimes been described as a language that is 'totally irregular', where the notions of 'subject', 'object' and 'indirect object' have no relevance. Although it is often cited in work on general linguistics, language universals and language typology, no systematic account of the syntax of this morphologically complex language has been available for Western linguists. Dr Harris's book provides one of the best and most thorough studies available in English of the syntax of a non-Indo-European language.
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This review is from: Georgian Syntax: A Study in Relational Grammar (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics) (Paperback)
Alice C. Harris, the author of "Georgian Syntax", is well known as a leading expert in the field of Georgian and Kartvelian linguistics.
Her book will appeal to linguists and linguistically interested laymen alike. Her framework is relational grammar, but this is no obstacle, since her book is extremely readable and very valuable for linguists of all denominations, especially for typologists and students of linguistic universals. Alice C. Harris writes about grammatical relations in Georgian. Penetrating the complexities of Georgian morphology, she reveals the underlying syntactic generalizations. In her rather concise presentation she deals with topics like version, passivization, inversion, and transitivity. She shows that Georgian has constructions such as Passive, Object Raising, Causative Clause Union, and others found in better-known languages. Georgian is not as different from Indoeuropean languages as Western or Eastern Caucasian languages in its neighbourhood, but it is still a challenge for linguists. Alice C. Harris succeeds in providing a convincing linguistic analysis of some crucial Georgian data, so many linguists may want to study her book. I truely recommend it.
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person agreement, object raising, causative clause union, ergative hypothesis, question formation, initial indirect object, initial termhood, initial matrix subject, initial direct object, final indirect object, emeritus terms, final grammatical relations, vanos mier, tavis tavs, mas undoda, semi tavi, case marking differential, derived indirect object, embedded indirect object, final direct object, subject chomeur, extended traditional analysis, nominal which corresponds, making new trousers, organic causative Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Number Agreement, Object Camouflage, Unemphatic Pronoun Drop, Modern Georgian, Retired Term Marking, The Unaccusative Hypothesis, Coreferential Version Object Deletion, Possessive Version, Superessive Version, Initial Subject Constraint, Subject Direct Object Indirect Object Pattern, Old Georgian, Chomeur Law, Chomeur Condition, Motivated Chomage Law, Masdar Formation, Georgian Series, Benefactive Version, Relational Hierarchy Browse Sample Pages:
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person agreement, object raising, causative clause union, ergative hypothesis, question formation, initial indirect object, initial termhood, initial matrix subject, initial direct object, final indirect object, emeritus terms, final grammatical relations, vanos mier, tavis tavs, mas undoda, semi tavi, case marking differential, derived indirect object, embedded indirect object, final direct object, subject chomeur, extended traditional analysis, nominal which corresponds, making new trousers, organic causative Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Number Agreement, Object Camouflage, Unemphatic Pronoun Drop, Modern Georgian, Retired Term Marking, The Unaccusative Hypothesis, Coreferential Version Object Deletion, Possessive Version, Superessive Version, Initial Subject Constraint, Subject Direct Object Indirect Object Pattern, Old Georgian, Chomeur Law, Chomeur Condition, Motivated Chomage Law, Masdar Formation, Georgian Series, Benefactive Version, Relational Hierarchy Browse Sample Pages:
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- Studies in Relational Grammar 2 (v. 2) by David M. Perlmutter on page 124, and page 290
- Studies in Relational Grammar 3 (v. 3) by Paul M. Postal on page 48, and page 85
- Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time by Johanna Nichols in Back Matter
- Restrictiveness in Case Theory (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics) by Henry Smith in Back Matter
- Subject, Voice and Ergativity by N Bennett on page 216
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