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Grammatical Relations and their Non-Canonical Encoding in Baltic

By Nicole Nau , Axel Holvoet

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year
2014
ISBN
9027259097, 9789027259097
ISSN
2352-0159
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3184721 bytes)
Series
Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic 1
Pages
viii+370\380
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2014-07-26 10:54:42
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Балтийское и балто

Description

This is the first of three volumes dealing with clausal architecture, grammatical relations, case-marking and the syntax–semantics interface in Baltic. It focuses on the grammatical relations of subject and object and the viability of these notions in languages like Lithuanian and Latvian, which have a rich case morphology and show many deviations from the canonical nominative-accusative pattern of case-marking. The issues examined include differential object marking, subjecthood in specificational copular constructions, ‘swarm’-type alternations and what they tell us about grammatical relations, special types of subject and object marking in non-finite clauses, and non-canonical grammatical relations induced by modal predicates. One study provides a comparative outlook towards Icelandic, another language noted for its complex marking of grammatical relations. The articles in the volume represent various theoretical frameworks.

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