
Diachrony of differential argument marking
Freie Universität Berlin Universitätsbibliothek (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 9. May 2018
Book
Hardback
554 pages
978-3-96110-086-6 (ISBN)
Description
While there are languages that code a particular grammatical role (e.g. subject or direct object) in one and the same way across the board, many more languages code the same grammatical roles differentially. The variables which condition the differential argument marking (or DAM) pertain to various properties of the NP (such as animacy or definiteness) or to event semantics or various properties of the clause. While the main line of current research on DAM is mainly synchronic the volume tackles the diachronic perspective. The tenet is that the emergence and the development of differential marking systems provide a different kind of evidence for the understanding of the phenomenon. The present volume consists of 18 chapters and primarily brings together diachronic case studies on particular languages or language groups including e.g. Finno-Ugric, Sino-Tibetan and Japonic languages. The volume also includes a position paper, which provides an overview of the typology of different subtypes of DAM systems, a chapter on computer simulation of the emergence of DAM and a chapter devoted to the cross-linguistic effects of referential hierarchies on DAM.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1239 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-96110-086-6 (9783961100866)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ilja A. Serzant is a postdoctoral researcher in linguistics at Leipzig University. He holds a PhD in both General Linguistics and Historical-Comparative Indo-European linguistics. He worked on DAM within his project The Diachronic Typology of Differential Argument Marking at University of Konstanz (2013-2015).