22.3582, Books: Historical Linguistics/Semantics/Syntax: Dalrymple, Nikolaeva

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Title: Objects and Information Structure 
Series Title: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 131  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: Mary Dalrymple
Author: Irina Nikolaeva

Hardback: ISBN:  9780521199858 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 60.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9780521199858 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 99.00


Abstract:

In many languages, the objects of transitive verbs are either marked by 
grammatical case or agreement on the verb, or they remain unmarked: this is 
differential object marking. This book is a cross-linguistic study of how 
differential object marking is affected by information structure, the structuring of 
the utterance in accordance with the informational value of its elements and 
contextual factors. Marked objects tend to be associated with old information or 
information that the sentence is about, while unmarked objects tend to express 
new information. The book also sheds light on grammatical patterning in 
languages with differential object marking: in some languages marked and 
unmarked objects have identical grammatical properties, whereas in other 
languages marked objects are more active in syntax. Finally, it provides a 
theory of the historical changes that lead to the emergence of various patterns 
of differential object marking. 



1. Introduction
2. Syntactic assumptions
3. Information structure in grammar
4. Syntax and information structure
5. Topicality and grammatical marking
6. Topical marking of nonsubjects
7. Topicality and DOM
8. Primary and secondary objecthood and DOM
9. Multiple objects and grammatical alignment
10. Semantic features, topicality and grammaticalisation
11. Conclusion. 


Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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