CROATIAN-ENGLISH

A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Case-Marking in Croatian

By Dahm-Draksic Teresa.

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croatian-english
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Linguistics Foreign
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2017-08-07 07:01:42
сербскийхорватскийчерногорский;ГрамматикаЯзыки и языкознание;Боснийский

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Publication date: 1997 Number of pages: 59One of the most perplexing questions for linguists researching case in any framework is the interaction between syntax and semantics. In short, should a theory of case marking admit semantic notions into a syntactic analysis? Babby (1986), for instance, posits a theory of semantic case distinct from syntactic case. Likewise, the bearing of experiencer and other theta roles on dative case selection for subjects is dealt with in both Kondrashova's and Schoorlemmer’s treatment of Russian. For this study, a Role and Reference Grammar (Van Valin 1993, Van Valin &LaPolla 1997) approach will be used to look at the specific issue of case-marking in the Croatian language. A particular concern with the concept of quirky case-marking will be addressed following the model put forth in previous studies of case in RRG for such languages as Icelandic (Van Valin 1991) and Latin (Michaelis 1993).

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