Grammatical relations and their non-canonical encoding in Baltic

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Grammatical relations and their non-canonical encoding in Baltic
Editors:
  • Holvoet, Axel, parengė [edt]
  • Nau, Nicole, parengė [edt]
Publication Data:
Amsterdam ; John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Pages:
370 p
Series:
Valency, argument realization and grammatical relations in Baltic; vol. 1
Contents:
Preface — Argument marking and grammatical relations in Baltic: An overview / Axel Holvoet, Nicole Nau — Case and word order in Lithuanian infinitival clauses revisited / Peter Arkadie — Non-canonical grammatical relations in a modal construction: The Latvian debitive / Axel Holvoet, Marta Grzybowska — Alternations in argument realization and problematic cases of subjecthood in Lithuanian / Kristina Lenartaitė-Gotaučienė — Subjecthood in specificational copular constructions in Lithuanian / Rolandas Mikulskas — Differential object marking in Latgalian / Nicole Nau — The independent partitive genitive in Lithuanian / Uja A. Seržant — On the non-canonical marking of the highest-ranking argument in Lithuanian and Icelandic: Steps toward a database / Björn Wiemer, Valgerður Bjarnadóttir — Language index — Name index — Subject index.
Subject Category:
LT
Baltų kalbos / Baltic languages; Semantika / Semantics.
Reviews:
Recenzija leidinyje Baltic linguistics. 2015, 6, p. 254-264
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Baltų kalbos; Baltų kalbų gramatika; Sintaksinė semantika; Baltic languages; Grammar of Baltic languages; Syntactical semantics.

ENThis is the first of three volumes dealing with clausal architecture, grammatical relations, case-marking and the syntax–semantics interface in Baltic. It focuses on the grammatical relations of subject and object and the viability of these notions in languages like Lithuanian and Latvian, which have a rich case morphology and show many deviations from the canonical nominative-accusative pattern of case-marking. The issues examined include differential object marking, subjecthood in specificational copular constructions, ‘swarm’-type alternations and what they tell us about grammatical relations, special types of subject and object marking in non-finite clauses, and non-canonical grammatical relations induced by modal predicates. One study provides a comparative outlook towards Icelandic, another language noted for its complex marking of grammatical relations. The articles in the volume represent various theoretical frameworks.

ISBN:
9789027259097
Subject:
Kalbotyra / Linguistics
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