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Publication details [#10416]

Zubin, David A. 1979. Discourse functions of morphology: The focus system in German. In Givón, Talmy, ed. Syntax and semantics 12: Discourse and Syntax. Academic Press. pp. 469–504.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
accusative | dative | focus | morphology | nominative
Language as a subject
German

Annotation

Z. describes the meaning of the nominative case in German as focus of speaker's interest (in contrast to dative and accusative).