Theories of Case
Miriam Butt
Case, a system which marks the relationships between words in a sentence, is fundamental to every language. Looking at how different theories of syntax have accounted for the distribution of case across languages, this accessible 2006 textbook introduces the various approaches to case that have been proposed in modern linguistics. Clearly organised into topics, it provides beginning students with a solid understanding of the ideas behind the development of theories of case. For the more advanced reader, it presents theories that have been formulated about the interaction between case morphology, argument structure, grammatical relations and semantics, and offers a detailed cross-theoretical discussion of how these are motivated. Each chapter contains practical exercises, encouraging students to engage with the ideas discussed. Drawing on data from a wide range of languages and pooling together a variety of perspectives, Theories of Case is essential reading for all those studying this important area of linguistics.
Κατηγορίες:
Έτος:
2006
Εκδότης:
Cambridge University Press
Γλώσσα:
english
Σελίδες:
272
ISBN 10:
052179322X
ISBN 13:
9780521793223
Σειρές:
Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Αρχείο:
PDF, 1.05 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2006