CONTENTS
Preface = xi
Chapter Ⅰ : The Form-Function Problem in Linguistics = 1
1 Setting the Stage with a (Not Totally) Imaginary Dialogue = 1
2 The Goals of This Book = 5
3 The Two Orientations in Modem Linguistics = 7
4 On the Variety of Generativist Approaches = 11
5 On the Variety of Functionalist Approaches = 13
6 A Look Ahead = 18
Chapter 2 : The Boundaries of Grammar = 23
1 Overview = 23
2 The Three Autonomy Hypotheses = 23
3 The Autonomy of Syntax = 25
4 The Autonomy of Knowledge of Language with Respect to Use of Language = 55
5 The Autonomy of Grammar as a Cognitive System = 77
6 Conclusion = 94
Chapter 3 : Internal and External Explanation in Linguistics = 95
1 Overview = 95
2 On Explanation in Linguistics, Internal and External = 96
3 Internal Explanation = 97
4 External Explanation = 103
5 Convincing and Unconvincing External Explanations = 126
6 The Problem of Competing Motivations = 137
7 External Explanation and the Autonomy of Syntax = 153
8 Conclusion = 164
Chapter 4 : On Syntactic Categories 165
1 Prototypes, Fuzzy Categories, and Grammatical Theory = 165
2 Prototype Theory and Syntactic Categories = 171
3 Syntagmatic Simplicity and Prototypes : An Evaluation = 177
4 Paradigmatic Complexity and Prototypes : An Evaluation = 180
5 Prototypes and Markedness = 196
6 The Nonexistence of Fuzzy Categories = 200
7 Against Langacker's Notional Definitions of 'Noun' and 'Verb' = 206
8 Conclusion = 208
Appendix On Prototype Constructions = 208
Chapter 5 : Deconstructing Grammaticalization = 225
1 Overview = 225
2 Grammaticalization : A Capsule Description = 226
3 What Is the 'True Nature' of Grammaticalization? = 232
4 The Epiphenomenal Nature of Grammaticalization = 237
5 On Unidirectionality = 260
6 Two Issues in Grammaticalization Research = 279
7 Grammaticalization and Generative Grammar = 289
8 Conclusion = 295
Chapter 6 : Language Typology and Its Difficulties = 297
1 Overview = 297
2 The Field of Language Typology = 298
3 Barriers to Language Typology = 306
4 What Is to Be Done? = 335
5 Formal Prerequisites to Typological Analysis = 337
6 Implicational Hierarchies and a New Argument for Functionalism = 348
7 Typology and Generative Grammar = 350
8 Summary = 364
Chapter 7 : Conclusion = 367
References = 371
Name Index = 417
Subject Index = 423
