The Story of Zero
| University of Oregon
The zero coding of referents or other clausal constituents is one of the most natural, communicatively and cognitively-transparent grammatical devices in human language. Together with its functional equivalent, obligatory pronominal agreement, zero is both extremely widespread cross-linguistically and highly frequent in natural text. In the domain of reference, zero represents, somewhat paradoxically, either anaphorically-governed high continuity or cataphorically-governed low topicality. And whether in conjoined/chained or syntactically-subordinate clauses, zero is extremely well-governed, at a level approaching 100% in natural text. The naturalness, cross-language ubiquity and well-governedness of zero have been largely obscured by an approach that, for 30-odd years, has considered it a typological exotica, the so-called "pro-drop" associated with a dubious "non-configurational" language type. The main aim of this book is to reaffirm the naturalness, universality and well-governedness of zero by studying it from four closely related perspectives: (i) cognitive and communicative function; (ii) natural-text distribution; (iii) cross-language typological distribution; and (iv) the diachronic rise of referent coding devices. The latter is particularly central to our understanding the functional interplay between zero anaphora, pronominal agreement and related referent-coding devices.
[Not in series, 204] 2017. xv, 414 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© T. Givón
Table of Contents
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Preface
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xiii–xvi
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Preface
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xiii–xvi
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Natural zero
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Natural zero
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Chapter 1: The communicative ecology of zero anaphora
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3–26
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Chapter 1: The communicative ecology of zero anaphora
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3–26
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Chapter 2: The grammar of referential coherence as mental processing instructions
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27–68
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Chapter 2: The grammar of referential coherence as mental processing instructions
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27–68
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Chapter 3: Zero and the rise of pronominal agreement
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69–100
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Chapter 3: Zero and the rise of pronominal agreement
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69–100
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Chapter 4: Early diachrony of pronominal agreement: A case study in Ute
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101–128
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Chapter 4: Early diachrony of pronominal agreement: A case study in Ute
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101–128
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Chapter 5: Is zero anaphora a typological exotica?
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129–156
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Chapter 5: Is zero anaphora a typological exotica?
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129–156
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Chapter 6: Verbal zero anaphora: Verbless clauses
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157–186
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Chapter 6: Verbal zero anaphora: Verbless clauses
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157–186
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Chapter 7: Cataphoric zero: Passive and antipassive voice
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187–206
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Chapter 7: Cataphoric zero: Passive and antipassive voice
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187–206
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Structural zero
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Structural zero
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Chapter 8: Co-reference in relative clauses
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209–230
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Chapter 8: Co-reference in relative clauses
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209–230
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Chapter 9: Co-reference in verb complements
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231–246
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Chapter 9: Co-reference in verb complements
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231–246
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Chapter 10: Co-reference in adverbial clauses
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247–280
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Chapter 10: Co-reference in adverbial clauses
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247–280
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Chapter 11: Zero, pronouns and clause-chaining
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281–318
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Chapter 11: Zero, pronouns and clause-chaining
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281–318
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Chapter 12: Promiscuous ill-governed zeros?
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319–340
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Chapter 12: Promiscuous ill-governed zeros?
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319–340
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Chapter 13: Zero and the puzzle of stranded adpositions
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341–388
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Chapter 13: Zero and the puzzle of stranded adpositions
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341–388
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Bibliography
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389–406
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Bibliography
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389–406
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General index
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407–412
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General index
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407–412
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Index
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405–???
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Index
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405–???
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Language index
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413–414
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Language index
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413–414
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