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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? 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/cal.16.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027204387.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027204387.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/cal.16.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/cal.16.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/cal.16.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/cal.16.hb.png 01 01 JB code cal.16.001abb 06 10.1075/cal.16.001abb vii Viii 2 Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Abbreviations Abbreviations 01 01 JB code cal.16.01hel 06 10.1075/cal.16.01hel 1 9 9 Article 2 01 04 Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions 01 04 Perspectives from cognition and discourse Perspectives from cognition and discourse 1 A01 01 JB code 397224790 Marja-Liisa Helasvuo Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa Marja-Liisa Helasvuo 2 A01 01 JB code 696224791 Tuomas Huumo Huumo, Tuomas Tuomas Huumo 01 01 JB code cal.16.s1 06 10.1075/cal.16.s1 Section header 3 01 04 Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects 01 01 JB code cal.16.02huu 06 10.1075/cal.16.02huu 13 41 29 Article 4 01 04 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 2 A01 01 JB code 764224793 Marja-Liisa Helasvuo Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa Marja-Liisa Helasvuo 01 01 JB code cal.16.03paj 06 10.1075/cal.16.03paj 43 72 30 Article 5 01 04 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 01 01 JB code cal.16.04jok 06 10.1075/cal.16.04jok 73 97 25 Article 6 01 04 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 2 A01 01 JB code 261224796 Helen Plado Plado, Helen Helen Plado University of Tartu 01 01 JB code cal.16.s2 06 10.1075/cal.16.s2 Section header 7 01 04 Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood 01 01 JB code cal.16.05ach 06 10.1075/cal.16.05ach 101 139 39 Article 8 01 04 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 01 01 JB code cal.16.06lin 06 10.1075/cal.16.06lin 141 173 33 Article 9 01 04 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 01 01 JB code cal.16.07ser 06 10.1075/cal.16.07ser 175 203 29 Article 10 01 04 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 01 01 JB code cal.16.08eri 06 10.1075/cal.16.08eri 205 228 24 Article 11 01 04 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 2 A01 01 JB code 512224801 Seppo Kittilä Kittilä, Seppo Seppo Kittilä University of Helsinki 3 A01 01 JB code 767224802 Leena Kolehmainen Kolehmainen, Leena Leena Kolehmainen University of Eastern Finland 01 01 JB code cal.16.s3 06 10.1075/cal.16.s3 Section header 12 01 04 Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions 01 01 JB code cal.16.09lei 06 10.1075/cal.16.09lei 231 251 21 Article 13 01 04 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 01 01 JB code cal.16.10kyr 06 10.1075/cal.16.10kyr 253 291 39 Article 14 01 04 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 01 01 JB code cal.16.11jan 06 10.1075/cal.16.11jan 293 317 25 Article 15 01 04 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. 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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? 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/cal.16.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027204387.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027204387.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/cal.16.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/cal.16.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/cal.16.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/cal.16.hb.png 01 01 JB code cal.16.001abb 06 10.1075/cal.16.001abb vii Viii 2 Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Abbreviations Abbreviations 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.01hel 06 10.1075/cal.16.01hel 1 9 9 Article 2 01 04 Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions 01 04 Perspectives from cognition and discourse Perspectives from cognition and discourse 1 A01 01 JB code 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 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.s1 06 10.1075/cal.16.s1 Section header 3 01 04 Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.02huu 06 10.1075/cal.16.02huu 13 41 29 Article 4 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.03paj 06 10.1075/cal.16.03paj 43 72 30 Article 5 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.04jok 06 10.1075/cal.16.04jok 73 97 25 Article 6 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.s2 06 10.1075/cal.16.s2 Section header 7 01 04 Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.05ach 06 10.1075/cal.16.05ach 101 139 39 Article 8 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.06lin 06 10.1075/cal.16.06lin 141 173 33 Article 9 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.07ser 06 10.1075/cal.16.07ser 175 203 29 Article 10 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.08eri 06 10.1075/cal.16.08eri 205 228 24 Article 11 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.s3 06 10.1075/cal.16.s3 Section header 12 01 04 Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.09lei 06 10.1075/cal.16.09lei 231 251 21 Article 13 01 04 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 01 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.10kyr 06 10.1075/cal.16.10kyr 253 291 39 Article 14 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.11jan 06 10.1075/cal.16.11jan 293 317 25 Article 15 01 04 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 2 A01 01 JB code 637224806 Dagmar Divjak Divjak, Dagmar Dagmar Divjak University of Sheffield 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/637224806 01 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.12cind 06 10.1075/cal.16.12cind 319 320 2 Miscellaneous 16 01 04 Construction index Construction index 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.13sind 06 10.1075/cal.16.13sind 321 324 4 Miscellaneous 17 01 04 Subject index Subject index 01 eng 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/cal.16 Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20150114 C 2015 John Benjamins D 2015 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027204387 WORLD 09 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 https://jbe-platform.com 29 https://jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027269188 21 01 00 Unqualified price 02 99.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 02 83.00 GBP GB 01 00 Unqualified price 02 149.00 USD 889015695 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code CAL 16 Hb 15 9789027204387 06 10.1075/cal.16 13 2014035633 00 BB 08 740 gr 10 01 JB code CAL 02 1573-594X 02 16.00 01 02 Constructional Approaches to Language Constructional Approaches to Language 01 01 Subjects in Constructions - Canonical and Non-Canonical Subjects in Constructions – Canonical and Non-Canonical 1 B01 01 JB code 345214416 Marja-Liisa Helasvuo Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa Marja-Liisa Helasvuo University of Turku 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/345214416 2 B01 01 JB code 642214417 Tuomas Huumo Huumo, Tuomas Tuomas Huumo University of Turku 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/642214417 01 eng 11 332 03 03 viii 03 00 324 03 01 23 415/.018 03 2015 P163.5 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Topic and comment. 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Coordinate constructions. 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax. 04 Construction grammar. 10 LAN009000 12 CFK 24 JB code LIN.COGN Cognition and language 24 JB code LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 01 06 02 00 This volume analyzes constructions with non-canonical subjects in individual languages and cross-linguistically, drawing on insights from cognitive and discourse-functional linguistics. 03 00 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? 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/cal.16.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027204387.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027204387.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/cal.16.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/cal.16.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/cal.16.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/cal.16.hb.png 01 01 JB code cal.16.001abb 06 10.1075/cal.16.001abb vii Viii 2 Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Abbreviations Abbreviations 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.01hel 06 10.1075/cal.16.01hel 1 9 9 Article 2 01 04 Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions 01 04 Perspectives from cognition and discourse Perspectives from cognition and discourse 1 A01 01 JB code 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 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.s1 06 10.1075/cal.16.s1 Section header 3 01 04 Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.02huu 06 10.1075/cal.16.02huu 13 41 29 Article 4 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.03paj 06 10.1075/cal.16.03paj 43 72 30 Article 5 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.04jok 06 10.1075/cal.16.04jok 73 97 25 Article 6 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.s2 06 10.1075/cal.16.s2 Section header 7 01 04 Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.05ach 06 10.1075/cal.16.05ach 101 139 39 Article 8 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.06lin 06 10.1075/cal.16.06lin 141 173 33 Article 9 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.07ser 06 10.1075/cal.16.07ser 175 203 29 Article 10 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.08eri 06 10.1075/cal.16.08eri 205 228 24 Article 11 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.s3 06 10.1075/cal.16.s3 Section header 12 01 04 Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.09lei 06 10.1075/cal.16.09lei 231 251 21 Article 13 01 04 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 01 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.10kyr 06 10.1075/cal.16.10kyr 253 291 39 Article 14 01 04 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.11jan 06 10.1075/cal.16.11jan 293 317 25 Article 15 01 04 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 2 A01 01 JB code 637224806 Dagmar Divjak Divjak, Dagmar Dagmar Divjak University of Sheffield 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/637224806 01 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. 01 01 JB code cal.16.12cind 06 10.1075/cal.16.12cind 319 320 2 Miscellaneous 16 01 04 Construction index Construction index 01 eng 01 01 JB code cal.16.13sind 06 10.1075/cal.16.13sind 321 324 4 Miscellaneous 17 01 04 Subject index Subject index 01 eng 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/cal.16 Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20150114 C 2015 John Benjamins D 2015 John Benjamins 02 WORLD WORLD US CA MX 09 01 JB 1 John Benjamins Publishing Company +31 20 6304747 +31 20 6739773 bookorder@benjamins.nl 01 https://benjamins.com 21 8 22 01 00 Unqualified price 02 JB 1 02 99.00 EUR 02 00 Unqualified price 02 83.00 01 Z 0 GBP GB US CA MX 01 01 JB 2 John Benjamins Publishing Company +1 800 562-5666 +1 703 661-1501 benjamins@presswarehouse.com 01 https://benjamins.com 21 8 22 01 00 Unqualified price 02 JB 1 02 149.00 USD