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.