Thomas Givon

Thomas Givon, also known as Talmy Givón, was an American linguist and writer. He was 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 advocated an evolutionary approach to language and communication.
Ebooks
Ute Dictionary
Book 15
Syntax: An Introduction, Volume 1
Ute Reference Grammar
Book 3
English Grammar: A function-based introduction, Volume 1
Syntax: An Introduction, Volume 2
English Grammar: A function-based introduction, Volume 2
On Understanding Grammar
Topic Continuity in Discourse: A quantitative cross-language study
Book 3
Functionalism and Grammar
The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, ontogeny, neuro-cognition, evolution
Context as Other Minds: The Pragmatics of Sociality, Cognition and Communication
The Diachrony of Grammar
Bio-Linguistics: The Santa Barbara lectures
Mind, Code and Context: Essays in Pragmatics
Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes: Sex and sophistry in the Old Testament - A new English translation
The Story of Zero
On Understanding Grammar: Revised edition
Coherence
Mind, Code and Context: Essays in Pragmatics
The Life Cycle of Adpositions