Case, Referentiality and Phrase Structure
1st Edition
Published on 26. April 2005
X, 268 pages
978-90-272-9445-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book proposes that the two "independent" conditions on argumenthood, namely, case and referentiality, are strongly correlated and have to be associated with each other in syntax as syntactic features. It shows that languages exhibit variation in the way this association is implemented in their syntax, which presents an explanation for the differences observed in their phrase structure in terms of (non-)configurationality. Thus, this book not only presents an innovative overarching theory for case and referentiality, but also aims to bring a new look at the issues of (non-)configurationality. It specifically argues for parameterization of functional categories associated with case and referentiality, which has certain implications not only for the acquisition but also for the diachronic development of functional categories. Providing rich comparative data from typologically different languages such as Turkish, Chinese, Hungarian, English and Japanese, this book is of particular interest to typologists as well.
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Content
- Case, Referentiality and Phrase Structure
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Table of contents
- Preface
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1. Theoretical background
- 2. Overview of the Proposal
- 3. Outline of the Book
- Notes
- 2. REFERENTIALITY IN TURKISH
- 1. Problem
- 2. Immediately Preverbal Bare Nouns and Complex Predicate Formation in Turkish
- 3. Case-Checking and Type-shifting
- 4. Conclusion
- 5. Appendix: Indefinites and Case
- Notes
- 3. CASE, REFERENTIALITY AND NON-CONFIGURATIONALITY
- 1. Argument Structure in Turkish
- 2. Functional Categories and Case-checking in Turkish
- 3. Summary
- 4. Non-configurationality
- 5. Conclusion
- 6. Appendix: Case-driven Agree and Language Acquisition
- Notes
- 4. CONCLUDING REMARKS
- References
- Name Index
- Language Index
- Subject Index
- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
