Restrictiveness in case theory
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Author
Publication
1996 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
82,000 words, Guess
Page Count
328 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL796854M
- ISBN-100521462878
- OCLC Control Number32779315
- OCLC Control Numberrestrictivenessi0000smit
- Library of Congress Control Number95032776
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- Goodreads4837090
Classifications
- DDC415
- LCCP240.6 .S64 1996
Description
Henry Smith here develops a theory of syntactic case and examines its synchronic and diachronic consequences. Within a unification-based framework, the book draws out pervasive patterns in the relationship between morphosyntax ("linking") and grammatical function. The theory proposed consists of three ordered constraints on the association of NPs and arguments, based on the central notion of "restrictiveness." Beginning with a detailed study of dative substitution in Icelandic, the author moves on to examine a wide array of synchronic and diachronic data and to construct a typology of case. Theoretically innovative and sophisticated, and descriptively wide-ranging, this book will appeal to all those interested in the cross-linguistic marking of case and the ways in which case systems may change over time.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in linguistics
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