Peter Svenonius - Functional Structure from Top to Toe: The Cartography of Syntactic Structures, Volume 9

Edited by Mamoru Saito

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• Functional Structure from Top to Toe / Edited by Peter Svenonius.
• p.cm. (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN 9780199740383 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 9780199740390
• (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntax.
• 2. Functionalism (Linguistics) I. Svenonius, Peter. editor of compilation.
• P291.F813 2014
• 415dc23
• 2013047100

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This volume originated as a token of appreciation for the contributions of (Knut) Tarald Taraldsen, over the years, to making the world a more interesting place, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. Ten people whose work has been important to Taralds, and vice versa, were invited to Troms for a conference and festivities in 2008. The guests submitted their articles shortly thereafter, whereupon the editor stored them carefully in oaken casks for maturation.

One couldnt wish for a better colleague. Tarald is a multidimensional scholar as erudite as they come, with a philologists command of Latin declensions and a dialectologists ear for syntactic microvariation. The depth of his knowledge of Romance languages is truly astounding, and his knowledge of Germanic no less so. In addition, he knows quite a bit about the Slavic languages and seems to be working on a different Bantu language every other week. Most stunning of all is his analytic ability, and the ability to discern structural parallels in the intricate patterns of apparently disparate phenomena.

Despite all this cerebrality, he is anything but dull. He is an engaging conversationalist, a raconteur when it suits the occasion, and a bon vivant who knows his Burgundies from his Bordeaux. His interests extend far beyond linguistics, including literature ranging from Homer to gritty detective novels.

Over time, I have met linguists all over the world who shared my esteem for Tarald, for both his work (which is discussed in the introduction) and his company. Together with the contributors, I offer this belated birthday gift. I am sorry it has been so long in the making, something that is entirely my own fault, but thanks to the cleverness of the contributions, I believe it will have beenlike a fine wineworth the wait.

Peter Svenonius (p.viii)