Case, Agreement, and their Interactions

New Perspectives on Differential Argument Marking
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-11-066576-5
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 572, 353 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 762 g

Reihe: Linguistische Arbeiten

Differential argument marking has been a hot topic in linguistics for several decades, both because it is cross-linguistically widespread and because it raises essential questions at multiple levels of grammar, including the relationship between abstract processes and overt morphological marking, between case and agreement, and between syntax and information structure. This volume provides an introduction into the current state of the art of research on differential case marking and chapters by leading linguists addressing theoretical questions in a wide range of typologically and geographically diverse languages from the Indo-European, Sinitic, Turkic, and Uralic families. The chapters engage with current theoretical issues in the morphology, syntax, semantics, and processing of differential argument marking. A central issue addressed by all the authors is the adequacy of various theoretical approaches in modelling (different varieties of) differential case marking, such as those determined by topicality, those driven by cumulative factors, and those that involve double marking. The volume will be of interest to students and researchers working on cross-linguistic variation in differential marking and its theoretical modelling.

Zielgruppe

Researchers of syntactic theory, typology, comparative linguistic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kalin, Laura

Bárány, András

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Über Autor(innen)

András Bárány, SOAS University of London, London, UK; Laura Kalin, Princeton University, Princeton, USA.