Case

Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 Klappentext Case is an accessible introduction for students of linguistics to the ways relations between words in sentences are marked in languages. Case is fundamental to the whole system of language. One of its most interesting features is the recurrence of apparently idiosyncratic patterns and devices in otherwise unrelated languages. This book picks out these recurring strategies and explores their significance. It provides the background against which the case-marking of particular languages can be best understood. In this revised 2001 edition, Blake refines and expands on his discussions of the most important concepts in the study of case, taking into account recent developments in the field. It incorporates significant additions to the data and includes a thoroughly revised section on abstract case in the Chomskyan paradigm. Zusammenfassung Case is an accessible introduction to the ways relations between words in sentences are marked in languages. In this revised 2001 edition! Blake refines and expands on his discussions of the most important concepts in the study of case and incorporates significant additions to the data. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Overview; 2. Problems in describing case systems; 3. Modern approaches to case; 4. Distribution of case marking; 5. Survey of case marking; 6. Life cycle of case systems; Notes; Guide to terminology; Guide to further reading; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Blake, Barry J. Blake, Blake Barry J.
• Assisted by: S. R. Anderson (Editor), J. Bresnan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2001
• EAN: 9780521807616
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80761-6
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 230 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguis; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology