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Author Jung, Hakyung.

Title The syntax of the BE-possessive : parametric variation and surface diversities / Hakyung Jung.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today ; v. 172
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 172.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
Contents Ch. 1. Parametric variation in synchrony and dischrony -- ch. 2. The syntax of the BE-possessive in Russian -- ch. 3. The consequences of the BE-possessive structure : modal and perfect -- ch. 4. The BE-perfect and ergativity in North Russian -- ch. 5. Microvariation in case and agreement -- ch. 6. Thematic feature reduction : the historical extension of the syntax of the BE-possessive to the BE-modal -- ch. 7. Thematic feature reduction : the development of the -nol -to perfect -- ch. 8. Conclusion.
Summary This book is the first attempt to provide a unified account of the be-possessive syntax and its extension to the modal and the perfect constructions in Russian/North Russian within a generative framework. Apparently diverse constructions are construed as deriving from the have/be parameter, which depends on the utilization of the prepositional complementizer with a Case feature. The be-perfect structure provides an adequate environment where ergativity is encoded via verbal nominalization. The relevance of the be-perfect structure for a split ergative pattern shows that the ergative system is.
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Language and languages -- Variation.
Language and languages -- Variation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Jung, Hakyung. Syntax of the BE-possessive. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 9789027255556 (DLC) 2010048690 (OCoLC)685120610
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