Restrictiveness in Case Theory
by
Henry Smith
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
ISBN-10
0521462878
ISBN-13
9780521462877
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 17th, 1996
Print length
342 Pages
Weight
654 grams
Dimensions
15.90 x 23.50 x 3.30 cms
Product Classification:
Grammar, syntax & morphologyGrammar, syntax and morphology
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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, with an examination of a wide array of synchronic and diachronic data.
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.
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