Thomas Givon (born 22 June 1936), also known as Talmy Givón, is a Palestinian linguist and writer. He is one of the founders of "West Coast Functionalism", today classified as a usage-based model of language, and of the linguistics department at the University of Oregon. Givón advocates an evolutionary approach to language and communication.
Education
Givón earned his bachelor of science degree cum laude in agriculture from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1959.
He was the editor of the book series Typological Studies in Language published by John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Other writings
Givon has written a series of novels and historical translations through his publishing house, White Cloud Publishing, and is a google blogger.
Bibliography
Givón's published books include:
- The Travels of Benjamins Adam, (a novel; 1966)
- The Si-Luyana Language: A Preliminary Linguistic Description, (1970)
- Studies in Chi-Bemba and Bantu Grammar, (1973)
- On Understanding Grammar, (1979) review in American Scientist vol 68, Sep–Oct 1980
- Ute Dictionary, (1979)
- Ute Reference Grammar, (1980)
- Topic Continuity in Discourse, (1983; editor)
- Syntax: A Functional-Typological Introduction, (vol. I, 1984; vol. II 1990; revised edition published in 2001 as Syntax: An Introduction)
- Ute Traditional Narratives, (1985)
- Mind, Code, and Context: Essays in Pragmatics, (1989)
- English Grammar, (2 vols; 1993)
- Functionalism and Grammar, (1995) review in
- Running Through the Tall Grass, (a novel; 1997) review in Publishers Weekly
- Syntax: An Introduction, (2 vols, 2001) review in
- Bio-Linguistics, (2002) reviewed in and
- Context as Other Minds, (2005) review in and
- The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity, (2009) review in
- Ute Reference Grammar, (2011)
- "Seadock: The Boz Trilogy #1", (a novel; 2011)
- "Sasquatch: The Boz Trilogy #2", (a novel; 2011)
- "Blood: The Boz Trilogy #3", (a novel; 2012)
- "Tao Teh Ching", (a historical translation; 2012)
References
External links
- Home page
- Blog page