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1 online resource (xx, 432 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series,
0165-7763 ;
v. 108
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 108.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
List of contributors -- Introduction: the role of semantic, pragmatic and discourse factors in the development of case / Jóhanna Barðdal & Shobhana L. Chelliah -- pt. 1. Semantically and aspectually motivated synchronic case variation -- Case variation in Gothic absolute constructions / Tonya Kim Dewey & Yasmin Syed -- Some semantic and pragmatic aspects of object alternation in Early Vedic / Eystein Dahl -- pt. 2. Discourse motivated subject marking -- The case of the shifty ergative marker : a pragmatic shift in the ergative marker of one Australian mixed language / Felicity Meakins -- How useful is case morphology? : the loss of the Old French two-case system within a theory of preferred argument structure / Ulrich Detges -- pt. 3. Reduction or expansion of case marker distribution -- The development of case in Germanic / Jóhanna Barðdal -- A usage-based approach to change : Old Russian possessive constructions / Hanne Martine Eckhoff -- Lacking in Latvian : case variation from a cognitive and constructional perspective / Sturla Berg-Olsen -- Verb classes and dative objects in Insular Scandinavian / Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson -- Transitive adjectives in Japanese / Daniela Caluianu -- pt. 4. Case syncretism motivated by syntax, semantics or language contact -- Patterns of development, patterns of syncretism of relational morphology in the Bodic languages / Michael Noonan -- The evolution of local cases and their grammatical equivalent in Greek and Latin / Silvia Luraghi -- Argument structure and alignment variations and changes in Late Latin / Michela Cennamo -- Case loss in Texas German : the influence of semantic and pragmatic factors / Hans C. Boas -- pt. 5. Case splits motivated by pragmatics, metonymy and subjectification -- Semantic role to new information in Meithei / Shobhana L. Chelliah -- From less personal to more personal : subjectification of ni-marked NPs in Japanese discourse / Misumi Sadler. |
| Summary |
The aim of this volume is to bring non-syntactic factors in the development of case into the eye of the research field, by illustrating the integral role of pragmatics, semantics, and discourse structure in the historical development of morphologically marked case systems. The articles represent fifteen typologically diverse languages from four different language families: (i) Indo-European: Vedic Sanskrit, Russian, Greek, Latin, Latvian, Gothic, French, German, Icelandic, and Faroese; (ii) Tibeto-Burman, especially the Bodic languages and Meithei; (iii) Japanese; and (iv) the Pama-Nyungan mix. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Case.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Case. |
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Case grammar.
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Case grammar. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jóhanna Barðdal, 1969-
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Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi, 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Role of semantic, pragmatic, and discourse factors in the development of case. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009 9789027205759 9027205752 (DLC) 2008048557 (OCoLC)272341980 |
| ISBN |
9789027289926 (electronic book) |
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9027289921 (electronic book) |
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1282104357 |
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9781282104358 |
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9789027205759 (hardback) |
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9027205752 (hardback) |
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