Case, animacy and semantic roles
By: edited by Seppo Kittilä, Katja Västi, Jussi Ylikoski
Series: Typological studies in language -- 99
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9789027206800; 9789027284815
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar; Case; Animacy; Semantics
Description: "The chapters of this volume scrutinize the interplay of different combinations of case, animacy and semantic roles, thus contributing to our understanding of these notions in a novel way. The focus of the chapters lies on showing how animacy affects argument marking. Unlike previous studies, these chapters primarily deal with lesser studied phenomena, such as animacy effects on spatial cases and the differences between cases and adpositions in the coding of spatial relations. In addition, theoretical and diachronic issues related to case and semantic roles are also discussed; for example, what is case, how do cases develop and what are the functional differences between cases and adpositions? The chapters deal with a variety of different languages including Uralic languages, Indo-European languages, Basque, Korean and Vaeakau-Taumako. The book is appealing to anyone interested in case, animacy and/or semantic roles."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.