Actancy.

Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Terminology -- 1. Actancy instruments -- 1. Relators -- 1.1. Forms -- 1.2. Meanings -- 1.3. Typology -- 2. Actant indexes -- 2.1. Forms -- 2.2. Meaning -- 2.3. Typology -- 3. Word order -- 4. Coalescence -- 5. Typologies -- 6. Intent markers -- 2. Actancy structures -- 1. Actancy schemata -- 2. Actancy structures defined -- 2.1. Accusative structure, ergative structure -- 2.2. Other actancy structures -- 2.3. Recapitulation -- 3. Actancy structures and semantic relations -- 3.1. State of the question -- 3.2. Semantic definition of actancy structures -- 3.3. Other constructions -- 4. Other accusativity and ergativity factors -- 4.1. Reflexives and reciprocals -- 4.2. Co-referent ellipsis -- 4.3. Construction of relative clauses -- 4.4. Conclusion on "second" factors -- 5. Typology of languages -- 3. Actants -- 1. Semantic roles and actant functions -- 2. Criteria for defining actants -- 2.1. "First" criteria -- 2.2. "Second" criteria -- 2.3. Definition and grading of actants -- 3. Circumstants and peripheral actants -- 4. The "Object Zone" -- 4.1. Actant features of the object -- 4.2. Multiple objects -- 4.3. Other objects? -- 4.4. Conclusion -- 5. The subject function -- 5.1. The subject in French and in Chickasaw -- 5.2. Some other languages -- 5.3. Recapitulation -- 5.4. "Double subject" sentences -- 6. Conclusion and typology -- 4. Verb classes -- 1. General considerations -- 1.1. Semantic classifications -- 1.2. Morphosyntactic classifications -- 2. The major classes -- 2.1. One-actant verbs -- 2.2. Two-actant verbs -- 3. Minor classes: No-actant verbs and one-actant verbs -- 3.1. No-actant or empty-actant verbs -- 3.2. Verbs with one marked actant -- 4. Minor classes: Two-actant verbs -- 4.1. "Affective" verbs -- 4.2. "Aiming" verbs -- 4.3. Internal object verbs -- 4.4. "Reversible" verbs.

5. Minor classes: Three-actant verbs -- 5.1. Constructions -- 5.2. Semantics -- 6. Conclusion -- 5. Actancy variations -- 1. The variations of actancy -- 2. Forms of variation -- 2.1. One-actant sentences -- 2.2. Two-actant sentences -- 2.3. Three-actant sentences -- 3. Functions of the variations -- 3.1. Nature of the process and roles of the participants -- 3.2. Categorization of actants -- 3.3. Verbal categories -- 3.4. Communicative intent -- 3.5. Syntactic factors -- 4. Concluding remarks -- 6. Correlations -- 1. General points -- 2. Invariant correlations -- 2.1. Actancy splits -- 2.2. Differential object marking -- 2.3. Verb agreement -- 2.4. Indirect constructions -- 2.5. Diatheses -- 2.6. A bundle of correlations -- 3. A model of actancy -- 3.1. The basic relations -- 3.2. Transitivity -- 3.3. Accusativity, ergativity, diathesis and transitivity -- 4. Grammar and experience -- Notes -- References -- Language index -- Subject index -- Author index.

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