Role and Reference Grammar

Role and Reference Grammar

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Proceedings of the RRG '04 conference are available for downloading click here .

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Proceedings of the RRG '09 conference are available for downloading click here .

RRG Conferences 1999-2023.

RRG 21 Handouts and slides.

RRG 09 Handouts and slides.

Special issue of Language and Linguistics devoted to RRG (2007).

Jens Fleischhauer, Anja Latrouite & Rainer Osswald (eds.). 2016. Explorations of the Syntax-Semantics Interface.

Rolf Kailuweit, Lisann Künkel & Eva Staudinger (eds.) 2018. Applying and Expanding Role and Reference Grammar

Amele RRG Grammatical Sketch (John R. Roberts)

RRG draw (Elizabeth Guest, Leeds Metropolitan University)

Ode to RRG by Deedles D'Dee, in Speculative Grammarian, Vol CXC, No 1.

Information Structure in Amazonian Languages Project

Interviews:

An interview by Delia Bentley and Kiyoko Toratani
Reflections on the study of language: an Interview with Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.
Revlew of Cognitive Linguistics 21:2 (2023), pp. 576-505.
An interview by Christian Saunders
Canguro English. (2020, November 7). Grammar based on the unfamiliar (with Robert Van Valin). YouTube. https://youtu.be/bbaSvG4Oqb4

An interview by John Ball
Pat Inc (2022, December 6). RRG (Role and Reference Grammar) for machines. And why should they care? YouTube. https://youtu.be/t8AZiMd4iHQ

List of Dissertations for downloading:

Abdoulaye, Mahamane L. (1992). Aspects of Hausa Morphosyntax in Role and Reference Grammar
Allen, Janet L. (2011). A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Kankanaey.
Amazaki, Osamu (2005). A functional analysis of numeral quantifier constructions in Japanese.
Arslan, Ilyas (2016). Verbfunktionalität und Ergativität in der Zaza-Sprache.
Belloro, Valeria A. (2007). Spanish Clitic Doubling: A Study of the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface.
Emma L. Pavey (2004). The English it-cleft construction: A Role and Reference Grammar analysis.
Eschenberg, Ardis (2005). The article system of Umoⁿhoⁿ.
Fujinaga-Gordon, Kiyono. 2021. The Synchronic and Diachronic Development of Japanese Benefactive Constructions.
Fleischhauer, Jens (2016). Degree gradation of verbs.
González Vergara Carlos (Madrid, 2006). Las construcciones no reflexivas con «se». Una propuesta desde la Gramática del Papel y la Referencia.
Guerrero-Valenzuela, Lilian Graciela - The syntax-semantic interface in Yaqui complex constructions, a Role and Reference Grammar Analysis. .zip file; .sit file.
Han, Jeonghan (1999). Grammatical Codings of Information Structure in Korean: A Role and Reference Grammar Account. (Download PDF's of Chapters: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Ignatova , Anelia Stefanova (2008). A functional approach to Bulgarian verbal aspect and reduplication of clitics within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar.
Johnson, Heidi Anna (2000) A Grammar of San Miguel Chimalapa Zoque. Zip archive, Apple archive.
Kemmerer, David (1996). An Investigation of Syntactic Comprehension Deficits in Parkinson's Disease. (Download PDF's on Sections: 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4, and also Figures, Tables, and References)
King, Deborah (2010). Voice and valence-altering operations in Falam Chin: A Role and Reference Grammar approach.
LaPolla, Randy J. (1990) Grammatical Relations in Chinese: Synchronic and Diachronic Considerations.
Latrouite, Anja. (2011) Voice and case in Tagalog..
Miura, Hidematsu (2008) Grammatical relations, reflexives and pseudo- raising in Japanese.
Nakamura, Wataru (1997). A Constraint Based Typology of Case Systems. (Download PDF Table of Contents and Chapters 1-3, 7)
Nuhn, Patrick (2021) Ay-Inversion in Tagalog - Information Structure and Morphosyntax of an Austronesian Language.
Ohori, Toshio (1992) Diachrony in Clause Linkage and Related Issues.
Palmovic, Marijan (Univ. of Zagreb, 2007). Electrophysiological Evidence for Sentence Comprehension: A Comparison of Adult, Normal Developing Children and Children with Specific Language Impairment.
Park, Ki-Seong (1995). The Semantics and Pragmatics of Case Marking in Korean: A Role and Reference Grammar Account.
Rezai, Vali (2003). A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Simple Sentences in Farsi (Modern Persian). Zip archive, Apple archive.
Sarr, Mamadou F. (2021). A constrastive analysis of arguments and modifiers in English and Mandinka.
Shimojo, Mitsuaki (1995). Focus Structure and Morphosyntax in Japanese: Wa and Ga and Word Order Flexibility.
Toratani, Kyoko (2002). The morphoyntax and the logical structures of compound verbs in Japanese. (Download parts I, II, III)
Ullrich, Jan (2018). Modification, Secondary Predication and Multi-Verb Constructions in Lakota .
Van Hooste, Koen (2018). Instruments and Related Concepts at the Syntax-Semantics Interface.
Vihman, Virve-Anneli (2004). Valency Reduction in Estonian.
Wu, Joy (2006). Verb classification, case marking and grammatical relations in Amis.
Wang, Chien-pang (2018). Interclausal Relations in Tungho Saisiyat: A Role and Reference Grammar Approach

Yang, Byong-Seon (1994). Morphosyntactic Phenomena of Korean in Role and Reference Grammar: Psych-Verb Constructions, Inflectional Verb Morphemes, Complex Sentences, and Relative Clauses.

List of Masters Theses for downloading

Åberg, Johanna (2023) The discursive construction of “Welsh” in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Thematic roles and mental models.
Belloro, Valeria (2004). A Role and Reference Grammar Account of Third-Person Clitic Clusters in Spanish.
Dahm-Draksic, Teresa (1997). A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Croatian Case Marking
Eschenberg, Ardis (1999). Focus Structure in Polish.
Heal, Sarah (2020). Grammar Sketch of Mashan Miao
Imai, Shingo (1998). Logical Structures and Case Markings in Japanese.
Kretzschmar, Franziska (U Marburg, 2006). Zum expletiven und pronominalen es im Deutschen. Syntaktische, semantische und varietätenspezifische Aspekte.
Laskowske, Douglas. (2016) Voice in Bugis: An RRG perspective.
Martins, Alcir Falcão (2011). The Inflected Infinitive in Brazilian Portuguese.
Minger, David (2002). An Analysis of Grammatical Relations and Case Marking in Icelandic.
Moezzipour, Farhad (2010). Cleft Constructions in Persian: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis.
Möllemann, Robin (2016) Implications of German word formation processes for a Role and Reference Grammar approach to morphology .
Murphy, Isa (2014). The realization of negation in the Syrian Arabic clause, phrase, and word.
Paris, Luis (1999). The Spanish Causative Construction "Hacer-Infinitive": A Role and Reference Grammar Description
Park, Ki-seong (1993). Korean Causatives in Role and Reference Grammar.
Rangkupan, Suda (1997). An Investigation of hay complex constructions in Thai.
Rodionova, Elena (2001). Word Order and Information Structure in Russian Syntax.
Ruhnau, Arne (2011). Interpretation of the Topological Field Model of the German clause in Role and Reference Grammar.
Salem, Yasser (2009). A generic framework for Arabic to English machine translation of simplex sentences using the Role and Reference Grammar linguistic model.
Samsel, J. (1992). A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Georgian Morphosyntax.
Toratani, Kiyoko (1997). Typology of Split-Intransitivity: Lexical Aspect and the Unaccusative Hypothesis in Japanese.

List of Papers for downloading

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Delia Bentley (University of Manchester, England) (2004). 'Ne'-cliticization and split intransitivity.
Jürgen Bohnemeyer & Robert Van Valin, Jr. 2017. The Macro-Event Property and the Layered Structure of the Clause.
Bornkessel, Ina, Schlesewsky, Matthias, and Robert Van Valin (Max-Planck Institute for Human Cognition and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, and University at Buffalo) (2004). Syntactic templates and linking mechanisms: A new approach to grammatical function asymmetries.
Michael Boutin (SIL, Malaysia) (2004). Locative predicates in Bonggi.
Francisco Cortés Rodrígues and Dolores Torres Medina (2002). Lexical templates and linking rules for some Old English verbs of motion.
Giulia Centineo (1986). A lexical theory of auxiliary selection in Italian
Brian Dillon (2004). The Irish language in RRG: An overview.
Jacques, Francois, ed. (2003). Proceedings of the Caen colloquium on RRG, Cahiers du CRISCO 13.
Carlos González Vergara (2006). LA GRAMÁTICA DEL PAPEL Y LA REFERENCIA: UNA APROXIMACIÓN AL MODELO.
Marta Ma. González Orta (Universidad de La Laguna, Spain) (2002). Linking syntax and semantics in simple and complex sentences within the Old English domain of speech.
Anne Jensen (University of Copenhagen)(2000). Sentence intertwining in Danish - a challenge to the RRG account?
Anja Latrouite and Robert Van Valin. (2014). Event existentials in Tagalog: A Role and Reference Grammar account.
Ranko Matasovic (2001). Adjective phrases.
Dejan Matić, Eric van Gijn & Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2014). Information structure and reference tracking in complex sentences: An overview.
Toshio Ohori (University of Tokyo) (2001). Some thoughts on a new systematization of interclausal semantic relations.
Emma Pavey (2001). Information Structure in Acadian French.
Rodrigo Romero Méndez (2007) . Spanish Light Verb Constructions: co-predication with syntactically formed complex predicates.
Yasser Salem & Brian Nolan (2009). UNIARAB: A Universal Machine Translator System for Arabic Based on Role and Reference Grammar.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (1980). Meaning and interpretation.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (1981). Grammatical relations in ergative languages.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (1990). Functionalism, anaphora and syntax.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (1994). Extraction Restrictions, Competing Theories and the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (1998). The acquisition of WH-Questions and the Mechanisms of Language Acquisition.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (1998). Focus Structure or Abstract Syntax? A Role and Reference Grammar Account of some Abstract Syntactic Phenomena.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (1999). Generalized Semantic Roles and the Syntax-Semantics Interface.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (1999). Linguistic Diversity and Theoretical Assumptions.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (1999). A Typology of the Interaction of Focus Structure and Syntax.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2000). The acquisition of complex sentences: A case study in the role of theory in the study of language development.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2001). Minimalism and explanation.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2002). Semantic macroroles in Role and Reference Grammar.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2006). Semantic macroroles and language processing.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2007). The Role and Reference Grammar analysis of three-place predicates.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2010). Linguistics past and present: A view from the Rhine.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2012). Some Issues in the Linking between Syntax and Semantics in Relative Clauses.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2013). Head-marking languages and linguistic theory.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2013). Lexical representation, co-composition, and linking syntax and semantics.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2014). On the place of information structure in a grammar.

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2014). An Overview of Information Structure in three Amazonian Languages

Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. (2021). Cosubordination

Klaus & Charlotte Wedekind (SIL), Abuzaynab Musa (Asmara) (2002). RRG universal verb classes vs. Beja verb classifications based on morphologies and textual functions.

Joy Wu (2007). An introduction to RRG (in Mandarin Chinese).

Homepage of Robert D. Van Valin Jr.

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