Grammatical Roles and Relations

Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

by Frank Robert Palmer

Frank Palmer's new book is a typological survey of grammatical roles, such as Agent, Patient, and Beneficiary, as well as grammatical relations, such as Subject, (Direct) Object and Indirect Object, which are familiar concepts in traditional grammars. A great wealth of examples is used to show that the grammatical systems of the familiar European languages are far from typical of many of the world's languages. Grammatical Roles and Relations will be welcomed by all those interested in language typology.

Genres: Linguistics

276 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 1994

About the author

Frank R. Palmer, British linguist, Professor Emeritus of Linguistic Science at the University of Reading. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Member of the Academia Europaea and an
Honorary Doctor of Letters. He has lectured on English Grammar and on Linguistics in over thirty different countries.