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Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions
Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions
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Perspectives from cognition and discourse
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Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa
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Tuomas Huumo
Huumo, Tuomas
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Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects
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On the subject of subject in Finnish
On the subject of subject in Finnish
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A01
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JB code
478224792
Tuomas Huumo
Huumo, Tuomas
Tuomas
Huumo
2
A01
01
JB code
764224793
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa
Marja-Liisa
Helasvuo
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cal.16.03paj
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10.1075/cal.16.03paj
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Hidden subjects in conversation
Hidden subjects in conversation
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Estonian personless verb forms as referential devices9
Estonian personless verb forms as referential devices9
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A01
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JB code
363224794
Renate Pajusalu
Pajusalu, Renate
Renate
Pajusalu
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cal.16.04jok
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10.1075/cal.16.04jok
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Subjects under generic conditions
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Implied subjects in Finnish and Estonian if-clauses
Implied subjects in Finnish and Estonian if-clauses
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A01
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JB code
5224795
Hanna Jokela
Jokela, Hanna
Hanna
Jokela
University of Turku
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A01
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261224796
Helen Plado
Plado, Helen
Helen
Plado
University of Tartu
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Abstract locational subjects
Abstract locational subjects
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Field and settings in French and English
Field and settings in French and English
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159224797
Michel Achard
Achard, Michel
Michel
Achard
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10.1075/cal.16.06lin
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Subjecthood of the agent argument in Estonian passive constructions
Subjecthood of the agent argument in Estonian passive constructions
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A01
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707224798
Liina Lindström
Lindström, Liina
Liina
Lindström
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cal.16.07ser
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10.1075/cal.16.07ser
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Categorization and semantics of subject-like obliques
Categorization and semantics of subject-like obliques
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A
cross-linguistic perspective
A cross-linguistic perspective
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A01
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431224799
Ilja A. Seržant
Seržant, Ilja A.
Ilja A.
Seržant
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cal.16.08eri
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10.1075/cal.16.08eri
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228
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The
world is raining
The world is raining
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Meteorological predicates and their subjects in a typological perspective
Meteorological predicates and their subjects in a typological perspective
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A01
01
JB code
908224800
Pål Kristian Eriksen
Eriksen, Pål Kristian
Pål Kristian
Eriksen
University of Oslo
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A01
01
JB code
512224801
Seppo Kittilä
Kittilä, Seppo
Seppo
Kittilä
University of Helsinki
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A01
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767224802
Leena Kolehmainen
Kolehmainen, Leena
Leena
Kolehmainen
University of Eastern Finland
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Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions
Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions
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The
syntactic and semantic history of the Finnish genitive subject
The syntactic and semantic history of the Finnish genitive subject
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Construction networks and the rise of a grammatical category
Construction networks and the rise of a grammatical category
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520224803
Jaakko Leino
Leino, Jaakko
Jaakko
Leino
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From canon to monolith to clusters
From canon to monolith to clusters
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A
constructionist model of subjecthood in Russian
A constructionist model of subjecthood in Russian
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Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen
Kyröläinen, Aki-Juhani
Aki-Juhani
Kyröläinen
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The
role of non-canonical subjects in the overall grammar of a language
The role of non-canonical subjects in the overall grammar of a language
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A
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A case study of Russian
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Laura A. Janda
Janda, Laura A.
Laura A.
Janda
University of Tromsø
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A01
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Dagmar Divjak
Divjak, Dagmar
Dagmar
Divjak
University of Sheffield
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Subject index
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Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
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Marja-Liisa
Helasvuo
University of Turku
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/345214416
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Huumo, Tuomas
Tuomas
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University of Turku
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Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions
Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions
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Perspectives from cognition and discourse
Perspectives from cognition and discourse
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A01
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397224790
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa
Marja-Liisa
Helasvuo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/397224790
2
A01
01
JB code
696224791
Tuomas Huumo
Huumo, Tuomas
Tuomas
Huumo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/696224791
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eng
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cal.16.s1
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Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects
Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects
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eng
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cal.16.02huu
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10.1075/cal.16.02huu
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01
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On the subject of subject in Finnish
On the subject of subject in Finnish
1
A01
01
JB code
478224792
Tuomas Huumo
Huumo, Tuomas
Tuomas
Huumo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/478224792
2
A01
01
JB code
764224793
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa
Marja-Liisa
Helasvuo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/764224793
01
eng
30
00
This article examines the category of subject in Finnish. Among the grammatical features examined are case marking, agreement and syntax, semantic role, its relation to other sentence elements and its semantic function as regards the sentence as a whole. One important discourse feature is whether the subject introduces a referent and whether that referent is mentioned again later in the discourse. We discuss different construction types and examine whether the alleged subjects fulfil the role of the subject as defined in cognitive grammar, i.e. which function as a clause-level trajector and as a starting point for the construal of the relationship and its participants. More generally, it is argued that the trajector does not necessarily constitute the subject of the clause-level construction. The function of an e-NP (existential NP) is proposed for such elements instead.
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cal.16.03paj
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10.1075/cal.16.03paj
43
72
30
Article
5
01
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Hidden subjects in conversation
Hidden subjects in conversation
01
04
Estonian personless verb forms as referential devices9
Estonian personless verb forms as referential devices9
1
A01
01
JB code
363224794
Renate Pajusalu
Pajusalu, Renate
Renate
Pajusalu
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/363224794
01
eng
30
00
The chapter deals with implicit unspecific group referents introduced by verb forms (the conditional and the impersonal) which lack person marking. They have different contexts of use: the personless conditional is preferred when the aim of the conversation is to plan a future activity, while the existential impersonal is first and foremost used in narratives. The personless conditional is typically inclusive, incorporating one or both of the interlocutors into the group. The impersonal is typically speaker-exclusive and refers to a group that does not include the participants of the conversation. For the analysis, the data from the Corpus of Spoken Estonian (University of Tartu) are used.
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cal.16.04jok
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10.1075/cal.16.04jok
73
97
25
Article
6
01
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Subjects under generic conditions
Subjects under generic conditions
01
04
Implied subjects in Finnish and Estonian if-clauses
Implied subjects in Finnish and Estonian if-clauses
1
A01
01
JB code
5224795
Hanna Jokela
Jokela, Hanna
Hanna
Jokela
University of Turku
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/5224795
2
A01
01
JB code
261224796
Helen Plado
Plado, Helen
Helen
Plado
University of Tartu
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/261224796
01
eng
30
00
The chapter discusses implied subjects creating open or generic reference in Finnish and Estonian if-clauses from a contrastive perspective. We focus on the so-called zero person constructions, passives/impersonals, and the Estonian da-infinitive which acts as a predicate of an if-clause. These construction types lack subject; in addition they can create open or generic reference. The constructions are closely interrelated; however, each of them has some restrictions in use and differences in interpretation. The passive in Finnish and the impersonal in Estonian if-clauses have a tendency to refer to a group, whereas the zero person and Estonian da-infinitive refer to one individual. The interpretation of implied subject depends on the conditional clause type, the context, and the verb form that is used.
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Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood
Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood
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eng
01
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JB code
cal.16.05ach
06
10.1075/cal.16.05ach
101
139
39
Article
8
01
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Abstract locational subjects
Abstract locational subjects
01
04
Field and settings in French and English
Field and settings in French and English
1
A01
01
JB code
159224797
Michel Achard
Achard, Michel
Michel
Achard
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/159224797
01
eng
30
00
This chapter analyzes the English and French abstract locational subjects il, ça, there, and it which refer to an ‘abstract region’ within which the entity in the complement is identified. There, it, and il describe the ‘field’, namely the conceptualizer’s scope of awareness relative to the complement content, but they operate at different levels of reality. Existential there and simple il (followed by a nominal) describe a section of basic reality, while it and complex il (followed by a clause) operate at a more analytical level of reality which includes the conceptualizer’s effort to assess or evaluate the complement content. Ça profiles the abstract setting composed of the immediate context from which the complement content is extracted for expressive purposes.
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JB code
cal.16.06lin
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10.1075/cal.16.06lin
141
173
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Article
9
01
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Subjecthood of the agent argument in Estonian passive constructions
Subjecthood of the agent argument in Estonian passive constructions
1
A01
01
JB code
707224798
Liina Lindström
Lindström, Liina
Liina
Lindström
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/707224798
01
eng
30
00
This paper tackles diachronic changes in the choice between elative and adessive case for marking the agent in Estonian periphrastic passive constructions in two time periods. In 1800–1850, the main agent-marking device was the elative case, whereas in the 1990s the elative was limited to inanimate actors, and the use of the adessive had increased considerably. However, the adessive can only be used for marking volitional, animate agents. Changes are observed with regard to semantic constraints, subject properties of the adessive and elative agents, and language contacts. Adessive arguments behave like non-canonical subjects in many constructions in Estonian, and the use of the adessive for marking agents in passives is strengthened by the possessive perfect construction in Eastern Circum-Baltic languages.
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JB code
cal.16.07ser
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10.1075/cal.16.07ser
175
203
29
Article
10
01
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Categorization and semantics of subject-like obliques
Categorization and semantics of subject-like obliques
01
04
A
cross-linguistic perspective
A cross-linguistic perspective
1
A01
01
JB code
431224799
Ilja A. Seržant
Seržant, Ilja A.
Ilja A.
Seržant
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/431224799
01
eng
30
00
This chapter’s underlying framework is one of functionalist cognitive linguistics. It suggest a categorization of non-prototypical trajector (subject) constructions into syntax-, gram- and lexeme-driven ones depending on the nature of the domain that triggers the oblique case-marking on the trajector argument. Additionally, a unified semantic account is proposed, which is based on the comparison with causative events. The structure of these events consists of an antecedent subevent (typically implicit) and a subsequent subevent. This study argues that constructions with non-prototypical trajectors (subjects) refer to consequent events. That is, all three types of constructions exhibit an invariant semantic core; they conceptualize the event as being a (causally) consequent event and imply the existence of a causally antecedent event. The differences between the three types pertain mainly to the referential properties of the antecedent event and its main participant: while with the syntax-driven type the antecedent event is explicit, referential and conceptualized onstage, with the gram-driven type it is implicit, non-referential and offstage, though confined to a particular concept. The lexeme-driven type only implies the existence of an antecedent event; it does not, however, commit any assessment on the conceptualization of this event.
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cal.16.08eri
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10.1075/cal.16.08eri
205
228
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Article
11
01
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The
world is raining
The world is raining
01
04
Meteorological predicates and their subjects in a typological perspective
Meteorological predicates and their subjects in a typological perspective
1
A01
01
JB code
908224800
Pål Kristian Eriksen
Eriksen, Pål Kristian
Pål Kristian
Eriksen
University of Oslo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/908224800
2
A01
01
JB code
512224801
Seppo Kittilä
Kittilä, Seppo
Seppo
Kittilä
University of Helsinki
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/512224801
3
A01
01
JB code
767224802
Leena Kolehmainen
Kolehmainen, Leena
Leena
Kolehmainen
University of Eastern Finland
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/767224802
01
eng
30
00
The peculiar semantic properties of meteorological predicates have linguistic consequences. Some of these consequences concern their subjects, which do not behave like prototypical subjects do. Meteorological predicates often lack a subject, and in the languages where they do have subjects they are non-referential, non-topical, indefinite, inanimate or non-agentive entities. They are typically either expletive elements or lexical elements referring to the spatial, temporal or atmospheric background, i.e. elements which would otherwise have been encoded as adverbial phrases. Although the nominative – or some other kind of zero marking – and default agreement marking (3rd person, singular number, neuter gender) are typical of these subjects, the study argues that they display special behavior which distinguishes them from canonical cases.
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The
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The syntactic and semantic history of the Finnish genitive subject
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Construction networks and the rise of a grammatical category
Construction networks and the rise of a grammatical category
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A01
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520224803
Jaakko Leino
Leino, Jaakko
Jaakko
Leino
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https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/520224803
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Prototypical Finnish subjects are marked with the nominative case. In many non-finite expression types, however, the subject is marked with the genitive case. The genitive subject has grammaticalized from three different sources. In some constructions, it developed from an earlier adverbial expressing a recipient, beneficiary or experiencer; in others, it originates in an adnominal possessive genitive; and its background is a syncretistic accusative. The present paper analyzes the properties of the different predecessors of the genitive subject which have made earlier adverbials and objects susceptible to a reanalysis into grammatical subjects. The paper sheds light on the nature and origins of the genitive subject, and tackles the development of abstract grammatical categories from more concrete context-specific ones on a more general level.
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10.1075/cal.16.10kyr
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From canon to monolith to clusters
From canon to monolith to clusters
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A
constructionist model of subjecthood in Russian
A constructionist model of subjecthood in Russian
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A01
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135224804
Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen
Kyröläinen, Aki-Juhani
Aki-Juhani
Kyröläinen
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/135224804
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eng
30
00
The status of oblique subjects is a contested topic. Subjecthood is typically defined relative to syntactic tests in formal approaches and different tests have been proposed in the literature. However, they have not been applied systematically to cover a wide range of constructions such as oblique subjects in Russian. This study presents a clustered model of subjecthood building on ten construction types and twenty features of subjecthood in Russian based on construction grammar and Keenan’s (1976) study. The structure of the model indicates that Russian has two clustered subject constructions: the nominative and the dative. These types motivate the deviations displayed by the other constructions. Hence, subjecthood is defined as a fully motivated network structure.
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The
role of non-canonical subjects in the overall grammar of a language
The role of non-canonical subjects in the overall grammar of a language
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A
case study of Russian
A case study of Russian
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778224805
Laura A. Janda
Janda, Laura A.
Laura A.
Janda
University of Tromsø
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https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/778224805
2
A01
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JB code
637224806
Dagmar Divjak
Divjak, Dagmar
Dagmar
Divjak
University of Sheffield
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/637224806
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eng
30
00
We offer a model of Russian core syntax in terms of a radial category network of constructions. The prototype corresponds to Langacker’s “canonical event model”, namely a prototypical transitive event, and more peripheral constructions are related to it via metaphor and metonymy. From this perspective we focus on non-canonical subjects marked in the dative case, highlighting the complex interaction of lexical items (verbs) with constructions, and building on our previous work on case and infinitives. We hypothesize that a speaker’s perception of cause may be influenced by the use of non-canonical subjects (in Russian) rather than canonical subjects (in English) and present the results of an experiment. We are unable to prove any conclusive effect, but show the importance and need for further testing.
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345214416
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Marja-Liisa
Helasvuo
University of Turku
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https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/345214416
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Huumo, Tuomas
Tuomas
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University of Turku
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This volume analyzes constructions with non-canonical subjects in individual languages and cross-linguistically, drawing on insights from cognitive and discourse-functional linguistics.
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This volume analyzes constructions with non-canonical subjects in individual languages and cross-linguistically, drawing on insights from cognitive and discourse-functional linguistics. Prototypical subjects have often been characterized in terms of their semantic, syntactic and discourse features, such as animacy, agentivity, topicality, referentiality, definiteness and autonomy of existence of the subject referent. A non-canonical subject is one that lacks some of these features. This may be reflected in its meaning, grammatical coding, and/or discourse function. In discussing non-canonical subjects in individual languages and cross-linguistically, the chapters in the volume address the following more general topics: What kinds of grammatical, semantic and discourse criteria can be used to distinguish subjects from non-subjects? To what extent are subject criteria construction-specific? What kinds of constructions have non-canonical subjects? What are the semantic and discourse functions of constructions with non-canonical subjects? Are subjects which are grammatically non-canonical also atypical in terms of their discourse features?
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Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions
Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions
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Perspectives from cognition and discourse
Perspectives from cognition and discourse
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397224790
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa
Marja-Liisa
Helasvuo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/397224790
2
A01
01
JB code
696224791
Tuomas Huumo
Huumo, Tuomas
Tuomas
Huumo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/696224791
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eng
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cal.16.s1
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Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects
Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects
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eng
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cal.16.02huu
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10.1075/cal.16.02huu
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01
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On the subject of subject in Finnish
On the subject of subject in Finnish
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A01
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JB code
478224792
Tuomas Huumo
Huumo, Tuomas
Tuomas
Huumo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/478224792
2
A01
01
JB code
764224793
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa
Marja-Liisa
Helasvuo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/764224793
01
eng
30
00
This article examines the category of subject in Finnish. Among the grammatical features examined are case marking, agreement and syntax, semantic role, its relation to other sentence elements and its semantic function as regards the sentence as a whole. One important discourse feature is whether the subject introduces a referent and whether that referent is mentioned again later in the discourse. We discuss different construction types and examine whether the alleged subjects fulfil the role of the subject as defined in cognitive grammar, i.e. which function as a clause-level trajector and as a starting point for the construal of the relationship and its participants. More generally, it is argued that the trajector does not necessarily constitute the subject of the clause-level construction. The function of an e-NP (existential NP) is proposed for such elements instead.
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Hidden subjects in conversation
Hidden subjects in conversation
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Estonian personless verb forms as referential devices9
Estonian personless verb forms as referential devices9
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A01
01
JB code
363224794
Renate Pajusalu
Pajusalu, Renate
Renate
Pajusalu
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/363224794
01
eng
30
00
The chapter deals with implicit unspecific group referents introduced by verb forms (the conditional and the impersonal) which lack person marking. They have different contexts of use: the personless conditional is preferred when the aim of the conversation is to plan a future activity, while the existential impersonal is first and foremost used in narratives. The personless conditional is typically inclusive, incorporating one or both of the interlocutors into the group. The impersonal is typically speaker-exclusive and refers to a group that does not include the participants of the conversation. For the analysis, the data from the Corpus of Spoken Estonian (University of Tartu) are used.
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Subjects under generic conditions
Subjects under generic conditions
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Implied subjects in Finnish and Estonian if-clauses
Implied subjects in Finnish and Estonian if-clauses
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A01
01
JB code
5224795
Hanna Jokela
Jokela, Hanna
Hanna
Jokela
University of Turku
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/5224795
2
A01
01
JB code
261224796
Helen Plado
Plado, Helen
Helen
Plado
University of Tartu
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/261224796
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eng
30
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The chapter discusses implied subjects creating open or generic reference in Finnish and Estonian if-clauses from a contrastive perspective. We focus on the so-called zero person constructions, passives/impersonals, and the Estonian da-infinitive which acts as a predicate of an if-clause. These construction types lack subject; in addition they can create open or generic reference. The constructions are closely interrelated; however, each of them has some restrictions in use and differences in interpretation. The passive in Finnish and the impersonal in Estonian if-clauses have a tendency to refer to a group, whereas the zero person and Estonian da-infinitive refer to one individual. The interpretation of implied subject depends on the conditional clause type, the context, and the verb form that is used.
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Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood
Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood
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cal.16.05ach
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Abstract locational subjects
Abstract locational subjects
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Field and settings in French and English
Field and settings in French and English
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A01
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JB code
159224797
Michel Achard
Achard, Michel
Michel
Achard
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/159224797
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eng
30
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This chapter analyzes the English and French abstract locational subjects il, ça, there, and it which refer to an ‘abstract region’ within which the entity in the complement is identified. There, it, and il describe the ‘field’, namely the conceptualizer’s scope of awareness relative to the complement content, but they operate at different levels of reality. Existential there and simple il (followed by a nominal) describe a section of basic reality, while it and complex il (followed by a clause) operate at a more analytical level of reality which includes the conceptualizer’s effort to assess or evaluate the complement content. Ça profiles the abstract setting composed of the immediate context from which the complement content is extracted for expressive purposes.
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10.1075/cal.16.06lin
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Subjecthood of the agent argument in Estonian passive constructions
Subjecthood of the agent argument in Estonian passive constructions
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A01
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JB code
707224798
Liina Lindström
Lindström, Liina
Liina
Lindström
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/707224798
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eng
30
00
This paper tackles diachronic changes in the choice between elative and adessive case for marking the agent in Estonian periphrastic passive constructions in two time periods. In 1800–1850, the main agent-marking device was the elative case, whereas in the 1990s the elative was limited to inanimate actors, and the use of the adessive had increased considerably. However, the adessive can only be used for marking volitional, animate agents. Changes are observed with regard to semantic constraints, subject properties of the adessive and elative agents, and language contacts. Adessive arguments behave like non-canonical subjects in many constructions in Estonian, and the use of the adessive for marking agents in passives is strengthened by the possessive perfect construction in Eastern Circum-Baltic languages.
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cal.16.07ser
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10.1075/cal.16.07ser
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Categorization and semantics of subject-like obliques
Categorization and semantics of subject-like obliques
01
04
A
cross-linguistic perspective
A cross-linguistic perspective
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A01
01
JB code
431224799
Ilja A. Seržant
Seržant, Ilja A.
Ilja A.
Seržant
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/431224799
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eng
30
00
This chapter’s underlying framework is one of functionalist cognitive linguistics. It suggest a categorization of non-prototypical trajector (subject) constructions into syntax-, gram- and lexeme-driven ones depending on the nature of the domain that triggers the oblique case-marking on the trajector argument. Additionally, a unified semantic account is proposed, which is based on the comparison with causative events. The structure of these events consists of an antecedent subevent (typically implicit) and a subsequent subevent. This study argues that constructions with non-prototypical trajectors (subjects) refer to consequent events. That is, all three types of constructions exhibit an invariant semantic core; they conceptualize the event as being a (causally) consequent event and imply the existence of a causally antecedent event. The differences between the three types pertain mainly to the referential properties of the antecedent event and its main participant: while with the syntax-driven type the antecedent event is explicit, referential and conceptualized onstage, with the gram-driven type it is implicit, non-referential and offstage, though confined to a particular concept. The lexeme-driven type only implies the existence of an antecedent event; it does not, however, commit any assessment on the conceptualization of this event.
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10.1075/cal.16.08eri
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The
world is raining
The world is raining
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Meteorological predicates and their subjects in a typological perspective
Meteorological predicates and their subjects in a typological perspective
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A01
01
JB code
908224800
Pål Kristian Eriksen
Eriksen, Pål Kristian
Pål Kristian
Eriksen
University of Oslo
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/908224800
2
A01
01
JB code
512224801
Seppo Kittilä
Kittilä, Seppo
Seppo
Kittilä
University of Helsinki
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/512224801
3
A01
01
JB code
767224802
Leena Kolehmainen
Kolehmainen, Leena
Leena
Kolehmainen
University of Eastern Finland
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/767224802
01
eng
30
00
The peculiar semantic properties of meteorological predicates have linguistic consequences. Some of these consequences concern their subjects, which do not behave like prototypical subjects do. Meteorological predicates often lack a subject, and in the languages where they do have subjects they are non-referential, non-topical, indefinite, inanimate or non-agentive entities. They are typically either expletive elements or lexical elements referring to the spatial, temporal or atmospheric background, i.e. elements which would otherwise have been encoded as adverbial phrases. Although the nominative – or some other kind of zero marking – and default agreement marking (3rd person, singular number, neuter gender) are typical of these subjects, the study argues that they display special behavior which distinguishes them from canonical cases.
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cal.16.s3
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Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions
Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions
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eng
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cal.16.09lei
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10.1075/cal.16.09lei
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251
21
Article
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01
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The
syntactic and semantic history of the Finnish genitive subject
The syntactic and semantic history of the Finnish genitive subject
01
04
Construction networks and the rise of a grammatical category
Construction networks and the rise of a grammatical category
1
A01
01
JB code
520224803
Jaakko Leino
Leino, Jaakko
Jaakko
Leino
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/520224803
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eng
30
00
Prototypical Finnish subjects are marked with the nominative case. In many non-finite expression types, however, the subject is marked with the genitive case. The genitive subject has grammaticalized from three different sources. In some constructions, it developed from an earlier adverbial expressing a recipient, beneficiary or experiencer; in others, it originates in an adnominal possessive genitive; and its background is a syncretistic accusative. The present paper analyzes the properties of the different predecessors of the genitive subject which have made earlier adverbials and objects susceptible to a reanalysis into grammatical subjects. The paper sheds light on the nature and origins of the genitive subject, and tackles the development of abstract grammatical categories from more concrete context-specific ones on a more general level.
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cal.16.10kyr
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10.1075/cal.16.10kyr
253
291
39
Article
14
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From canon to monolith to clusters
From canon to monolith to clusters
01
04
A
constructionist model of subjecthood in Russian
A constructionist model of subjecthood in Russian
1
A01
01
JB code
135224804
Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen
Kyröläinen, Aki-Juhani
Aki-Juhani
Kyröläinen
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/135224804
01
eng
30
00
The status of oblique subjects is a contested topic. Subjecthood is typically defined relative to syntactic tests in formal approaches and different tests have been proposed in the literature. However, they have not been applied systematically to cover a wide range of constructions such as oblique subjects in Russian. This study presents a clustered model of subjecthood building on ten construction types and twenty features of subjecthood in Russian based on construction grammar and Keenan’s (1976) study. The structure of the model indicates that Russian has two clustered subject constructions: the nominative and the dative. These types motivate the deviations displayed by the other constructions. Hence, subjecthood is defined as a fully motivated network structure.
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cal.16.11jan
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10.1075/cal.16.11jan
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317
25
Article
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01
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The
role of non-canonical subjects in the overall grammar of a language
The role of non-canonical subjects in the overall grammar of a language
01
04
A
case study of Russian
A case study of Russian
1
A01
01
JB code
778224805
Laura A. Janda
Janda, Laura A.
Laura A.
Janda
University of Tromsø
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/778224805
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A01
01
JB code
637224806
Dagmar Divjak
Divjak, Dagmar
Dagmar
Divjak
University of Sheffield
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/637224806
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eng
30
00
We offer a model of Russian core syntax in terms of a radial category network of constructions. The prototype corresponds to Langacker’s “canonical event model”, namely a prototypical transitive event, and more peripheral constructions are related to it via metaphor and metonymy. From this perspective we focus on non-canonical subjects marked in the dative case, highlighting the complex interaction of lexical items (verbs) with constructions, and building on our previous work on case and infinitives. We hypothesize that a speaker’s perception of cause may be influenced by the use of non-canonical subjects (in Russian) rather than canonical subjects (in English) and present the results of an experiment. We are unable to prove any conclusive effect, but show the importance and need for further testing.
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