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The Role of Semantic, Pragmatic, and Discourse Factors in the Development of CaseEdited by Jóhanna Barðdal and Shobhana L. Chelliah
[Studies in Language Companion Series 108] 2009
► pp. v–vi
Edited by Jóhanna Barðdal and Shobhana L. Chelliah
[Studies in Language Companion Series 108] 2009
► pp. v–vi
Table of contents
List of contributors
Introduction: The role of semantic, pragmatic and discourse factors in the development of case
Part I. Semantically and aspectually motivated synchronic case variation
Case variation in Gothic absolute constructions
Some semantic and pragmatic aspects of object alternation in Early Vedic
Part II. Discourse motivated subject marking
The case of the shifty ergative marker: A pragmatic shift in the ergative marker of one Australian mixed language
How useful is case morphology? The loss of the Old French two-case system within a theory of Preferred Argument structure
Part III. Reduction or expansion of case marker distribution
The development of case in Germanic
A usage-based approach to change: Old Russian possessive constructions
Lacking in Latvian: Case variation from a cognitive and constructional perspective
Verb classes and dative objects in Insular Scandinavian
Transitive adjectives in Japanese
Part IV. Case syncretism motivated by syntax, semantics or language contact
Patterns of development, patterns of syncretism of relational morphology in the Bodic languages
The evolution of local cases and their grammatical equivalent in Greek and Latin
Argument structure and alignment variations and changes in Late Latin
Case loss in Texas German: The influence of semantic and pragmatic factors
Part V. Case splits motivated by pragmatics, metonymy and subjectification
Semantic role to new information in Meithei
From less personal to more personal: Subjectification of ni-marked NPs in Japanese discourse
Author index
Subject index
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