Restrictiveness in Case Theory

by: Henry Lee Smith

Restrictiveness in Case Theory
Author: Henry Lee Smith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 01 June 2006

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ISBN: 0521026555 ISBN 13: 9780521026550 This product is an E-publication based on: Restrictiveness in Case Theory (2009)

Restrictiveness in Case Theory by Henry Lee Smith

Henry Smith develops a theory of syntactic case, examining its synchronic and diachronic consequences. Top page

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Henry Smith 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. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Cambridge University Press

City: Cambridge

Pages: 344

More info: height 228 mm width 152 mm weight 510 gr thickness 20 mm

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Age recommended: Professional and scholarly

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC22) 415 Library of Congress Subject: P240.6 .S64 1996 Grammar, Comparative and general--Case

Departments: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure;

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Summary Restrictiveness in Case Theory Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Argument case and case alternations; 3. A typology of case systems; 4. Linker interactions; 5. Icelandic; 6. Changes in linking; 7. Case semi-preservation; 8. Conclusions; Notes; References; Index. Top page

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