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1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today ; v. 172
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 172.
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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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Language and languages -- Variation. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Jung, Hakyung. Syntax of the BE-possessive. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 9789027255556 (DLC) 2010048690 (OCoLC)685120610 |
ISBN |
9789027255556 (electronic book) |
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9027255555 (electronic book) |
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9789027290649 (electronic book) |
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9027290644 (electronic book) |
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128312209X |
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9781283122092 |
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