Non-canonical marking of subjects and objects / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon, Masayuki Onishi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)

Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-

Ōnishi, Masayuki.

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 46.

Typological studies in language ; v. 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Topic and comment.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins Pub, c2001.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In some languages every subject is marked in the same way, and also every object. But there are languages in which a small set of verbs mark their subjects or their objects in an unusual way. For example, most verbs may mark their subject with nominative case, but one small set of verbs may have dative subjects, and another small set may have locative subjects. Verbs with noncanonically marked subjects and objects typically refer to physiological states or events, inner feelings, perception and cognition. The Introduction sets out the theoretical parameters and defines the properties in terms of which subjects and objects can be analysed. Following chapters discuss Icelandic, Bengali, Quechua, Finnish, Japanese, Amele (a Papuan language), and Tariana (an Amazonian language); there is also a general discussion of European languages. This is a pioneering study providing new and fascinating data, and dealing with a topic of prime theoretical importance to linguists of many persuasions.

Contents:

NON-CANONICAL MARKING OF SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of contents

Contributors

Preface

Non-canonically marked subjects and objects: Parameters and properties

Non-canonical marking of core arguments in European languages

Noncanonical A/S marking in Icelandic

Non-canonically marked S/A in Bengali

Non-Canonically Marked A/S in Imbabura Quechua

Verb types, non-canonically marked arguments and grammatical relations: A Tariana perspective

Impersonal Constructions in Amele

Non-canonical subjects and objects in Finnish

Non-canonical constructions in Japanese

Language Index

Author Index

Subject Index

TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE (TSL).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612162367

9781282162365

1282162365

9789027298027

9027298025