In:Subjects in Constructions – Canonical and Non-Canonical:
Edited by Marja-Liisa Helasvuo and Tuomas Huumo
[Constructional Approaches to Language 16] 2015
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 14 January 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.16.toc
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Canonical and non-canonical subjects in constructions: Perspectives from cognition and discourse
Section I: Grammatical and discourse perspectives on non-canonical subjects
On the subject of subject in Finnish
Hidden subjects in conversation: Estonian personless verb forms as referential devices9
Subjects under generic conditions: Implied subjects in Finnish and Estonian if-clauses
Section II: Stretching the limits of subjecthood
Abstract locational subjects: Field and settings in French and English
Subjecthood of the agent argument in Estonian passive constructions
Categorization and semantics of subject-like obliques: A cross-linguistic perspective
The world is raining: Meteorological predicates and their subjects in a typological perspective
Section III: Subjects in networks of constructions
The syntactic and semantic history of the Finnish genitive subject: Construction networks and the rise of a grammatical category
From canon to monolith to clusters: A constructionist model of subjecthood in Russian
The role of non-canonical subjects in the overall grammar of a language: A case study of Russian
Construction index
Subject index
