Variation in Datives

A Microcomparative Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-993738-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 346 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Variation in Datives collects new research on the nature of syntactic micro-variation in datives. The papers in this volume examine different aspects of internal variation in dative marking, such as agreement and case alternations, distribution of adpositional structures and dative case-marking, the different structural positions of dative arguments and their semantic contribution, and patterns of syncretism in the clitic and/or agreement system. Interest in
these topics has grown significantly in the past 20 years. Variation in Datives makes a significant contribution to our understanding of language variation, as it adds the micro-comparative perspective to the general discussion and includes 10 new articles on a wide range of European languages, including
Greek, Basque, Icelandic, and Serbo-Croatian.

Variation in Datives will appeal to scholars and advanced students of syntax, linguistic variation, and especially syntactic micro-variation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fernandez, Beatriz

Etxepare, Ricardo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Über Autor(innen)

Beatriz Fernandez is Professor of Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country.

Ricardo Extepare is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Bayonne.