Case, referentiality, and phrase structure / Balkz Ozturk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ozturk, Balkz.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 77.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 77

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Case.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Case grammar.

Role and reference grammar.

Phraseology.

Functionalism (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

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

4. CONCLUDING REMARKS

References

Name Index

Language Index

Subject Index

The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-260) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612156731

9781282156739

128215673X

9789027294456

9027294453

OCLC:

298789047