Case, Animacy And Semantic Roles (typological Studies In Language)
by Seppo Kittilä /
2011 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
