Double Case: Agreement by Suffixaufnahme

ISBN-13: 9780195087758 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 520 str.

Frans Plank

Opis

Suffixaufnahme is an unusual pattern of multiple case marking due to agreement: a nominal that is already case-marked for its own adnominal function in addition copies the case of the nominal to which it is to be related. The essays in this collection comprehensively examine this little known phenomenon in all areas where it is (or was) attested--most typically in Anatolia, the Caucasus and Transcaucasus, Aryan India, Eastern Siberia, Ethiopia, and aboriginal Australia. The definitive comparative account of Suffixaufnahme, this volume shows how an ostensibly marginal pattern of case agreement sheds light on major theoretical issues in syntax and morphology, in historical linguistics, and in typology.

Recenzje

this book advances our knowledge about noun-phrase structure considerably, mainly through an in-depth examination of little-known data from little-known languages that has repercussions on our understanding of more familiar patterns ... The comprehensive survey of diverse adnominal possessive constructions in Plank's introduction and the data of the other contributions undoubtedly constitute an important achievement in linguistic typology which will be an indispensable reference for future work on NP syntax ... It is only through typological work like this that we can begin to answer questions about cross-linguistic preferences and address the deeper issues behind them ... may well become another milestone in typology.