Argument realization in Baltic / edited by Axel Holvoet, University of Warsaw & Vilnius University ; Nicole Nau, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan & Vilnius University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holvoet, Axel, editor.

Nau, Nicole, editor.

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Valency, argument realization and grammatical relations in Baltic

Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baltic languages--Syntax.

Baltic languages.

Baltic languages--Verb phrase.

Baltic languages--Grammaticalization.

Baltic languages--Case.

Functional discourse grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]

Contents:

Argument Realization in Baltic; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Variation in argument realization in Baltic: An overview; 1. Introduction; 2. Case marking and case alternations ; 2.1 Alternations in core grammatical relations ; 2.2 Alternations and indeterminacy of grammatical relations ; 2.3 The Latvian debitive: Alternations and canonicization ; 2.4 Alternations in agent phrases: Argument hierarchies and the causal chain ; 2.5 Alternations in local phrases and alternative construals ; 2.6 Alternations in adverbials and case meanings ; 3. Nominalizations

4. Operations adding predications and arguments 5. Concluding remarks ; Abbreviations ; Sources ; References ; Part I. Case marking and case alternations; Long-distance Genitive of Negation in Lithuanian; 1. Introduction; 2. Kinds of matrix predicates and GenNeg ; 2.1 Same-subject complement matrix verbs ; 2.2 Different-subject complement matrix verbs ; 2.3 Verb + noun complexes ; 2.4 Lexicalized non-finite verbal forms ; 2.5 Copula in the perception construction ; 2.6 Verbs with Dative experiencers ; 2.7 Non-verbal matrix predicates ; 2.8 Interim summary

3. Optionality and variation in long-distance GenNeg 4. How distant is long-distance GenNeg and what constrains it? ; 5. GenNeg in participial clauses ; 6. An areal perspective ; 6.1 The other Baltic languages ; 6.2 Slavic languages ; 6.3 The Baltic Finnic languages ; 6.4 Summary ; 7. Conclusions ; Abbreviations ; References ; Argument marking in Baltic and Slavonic pain-verb constructions; 1. Introduction ; 2. Pain verbs and the external possessor construction ; 3. Constructions treating the experiencer as an argument ; 4. Diffuse grammatical relations in Baltic pain-verb constructions

5. In conclusion Abbreviations ; References ; Variable argument realization in Lithuanian impersonals; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Lithuanian Transitive Impersonal ; 2.1 Argument structure ; 2.2 Transitive Impersonals are causative ; 3. The syntax of Transitive Impersonals: v-heads and "independent" accusative ; 4. Extensions to Icelandic: The Fate Accusative ; 5. Conclusion ; Abbreviations ; References ; The nominative case in Baltic in a typological perspective; 1. Introduction ; 2. Morphology of the nominative case ; 3. Nominative time adverbials; 3.1 Description

3.2 Function of the nominative case in NomTAs 3.3 Operationalizing emphasis ; 4. Nominative objects ; 4.1 Nominative objects in Lithuanian ; 4.2 Nominative objects in Latvian ; 4.3 Other tests, not applicable for nominative objects ; 4.4 Nominative objects in Baltic: preliminary conclusions ; 5. The nominative case in the subject slot ; 5.1 The nominative case as a subject coding property ; 5.2 The nominative case and semantic roles ; 5.3 Verbal agreement ; 6. Gradient correlation between different NP types and subjecthood ; 7. Conclusions ; 7.1 Morphology and syntax

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

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Print version: Argument realization in Baltic

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9789027267535 (pdf)

9027267537 (pdf)

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99991611795

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