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Item Details
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FLEXIBLE SYNTAX
A THEORY OF CASE AND ARGUMENTS |
| By: |
Ad Neeleman, Fred Weerman |
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Paperback |
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£74.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0792371992 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780792371991 |
| Publisher: |
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2001 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: |
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory v. 47 |
| Pages: |
253 |
| Description: |
Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. The authors take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. |
| Synopsis: |
Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. Neeleman and Weerman take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. In-depth analyses of word order phenomena as well as diachronic and typological generalizations motivate a re-evaluation of the role of case in the projection of arguments. Case is shown to provide a syntactic foothold for thematic interpretation, something which is necessary in a grammar that does not allow fixed theta-positions. Thus, this study does not only offer a genuine alternative to many standard assumptions, it also explains why there should be such a thing as case in natural language. |
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biography |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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