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Grammatical Relations and their Non-Canonical Encoding in Baltic
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This is the first of three volumes dealing with clausal architecture, grammatical relations, case-marking and the syntax–semantics interface in Baltic. It focuses on the grammatical relations of subject and object and the viability of these notions in languages like Lithuanian and Latvian, which have a rich case morphology and show many deviations from the canonical nominative-accusative pattern of case-marking. The issues examined include differential object marking, subjecthood in specificational copular constructions, ‘swarm’-type alternations and what they tell us about grammatical relations, special types of subject and object marking in non-finite clauses, and non-canonical grammatical relations induced by modal predicates. One study provides a comparative outlook towards Icelandic, another language noted for its complex marking of grammatical relations. The articles in the volume represent various theoretical frameworks.
[Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic, 1] 2014. vii, 370 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 28 April 2014
Published online on 28 April 2014
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Preface | pp. vii–7
- Argument marking and grammatical relations in Baltic: An overviewAxel Holvoet and Nicole Nau | pp. 1–41
- Case and word order in Lithuanian infinitival clauses revisitedPeter M. Arkadiev | pp. 43–95
- Non-canonical grammatical relations in a modal construction: The Latvian debitiveAxel Holvoet and Marta Grzybowska | pp. 97–135
- Alternations in argument realization and problematic cases of subjecthood in LithuanianKristina Lenartaitė-Gotaučienė | pp. 137–180
- Subjecthood in specificational copular constructions in LithuanianRolandas Mikulskas | pp. 181–206
- Differential object marking in LatgalianNicole Nau | pp. 207–255
- The independent partitive genitive in LithuanianIlja A. Seržant | pp. 257–299
- On the non-canonical marking of the highest-ranking argument in Lithuanian and Icelandic: Steps toward a databaseBjörn Wiemer and Valgerður Bjarnadóttir | pp. 301–361
- Language index | p. 363
- Name index | pp. 365–366
- Subject index | pp. 367–370
“This excellent collection of papers makes Baltic languages one of the most thoroughly investigated in the domain of grammatical relations. The discussion of non-canonical marking of subjects and objects in Baltic, as well as of related issues of diffuseness of grammatical relations, argument alternations, differential case marking and impersonal constructions will inform the future typological and theoretical studies in this domain.”
Andrej Malchukov, Leipzig & Mainz
“Overall, this is an excellent collection of papers, which makes Baltic languages among the most thoroughly investigated in the domain of grammatical relations. The discussion of non-canonical marking of subjects and objects in Baltic, as well as of related issues of diffuseness of grammatical relations, argument alternations, differential case marking and impersonal constructions, will inform the future typological and theoretical studies in this domain.”
Andrej Malchukov, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, in Baltic Journal 6: 254-263, 2015
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