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The role of semantic, pragmatic, and discourse factors in the development of case

Title: The role of semantic, pragmatic, and discourse factors in the development of case / edited by Jóhanna Barðdal, Shobhana L. Chelliah.
Publication: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2009.

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xx, 432 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 108

Uniform Title

Studies in language companion series ; v. 108.

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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.

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JFE 09-2804

ISBN

9789027205759 (hb : alk. paper)
9027205752 (hb : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008048557

OCLC

272341980

Title

The role of semantic, pragmatic, and discourse factors in the development of case / edited by Jóhanna Barðdal, Shobhana L. Chelliah.

Imprint

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2009.

Series

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 108

Studies in language companion series ; v. 108.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Jóhanna Barðdal, 1969-

Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi, 1961-

Research Call Number

JFE 09-2804

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