31.1764, Books: The Semantics of Case: Kagan

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Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 14:28:55
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Semantics of Case: Kagan

 


Title: The Semantics of Case 
Series Title: Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/semantics-case?format=HB 


Author: Olga Kagan

Hardback: ISBN:  9781108416429 Pages: 304 Price: U.S. $ 110
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108416429 Pages: 304 Price: U.K. £ 85


Abstract:

The phenomenon of case has long been a central topic of study in linguistics.
While the majority of the literature so far has been on the syntax of case,
semantics also has a crucial role to play in how case operates. This book
investigates the relationship between semantics and case-marking in the
languages of the world, exploring a range of phenomena in which
case-assignment is affected by (or affects) meaning. By bringing together data
from a wide range of languages, representing different language families, a
cross-linguistic picture emerges of the correlation between case and meaning.
Different approaches to the phenomena are considered, including both syntactic
and semantic analyses, and the question is raised as to whether case can be
treated as meaningful, ultimately helping us shed light on the broader
connections between grammar and meaning and, moreover, grammar and the human
cognition.

Provides a survey of key literature and research on case from the perspective
of meaning 

Brings together data from a wide range of languages to form a cross-linguistic
picture of the relationship between case and meaning 

Reviews both syntactic and semantic perspectives on case to analyse whether
case can be treated as meaningful


1. Introduction
2. Dative case
3. Spatial cases
4. Case and aspect
5. Differential object marking
6. The genitive/accusative alternation in Balto-Slavic
7. Predicate case
8. Generalizations and conclusions.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
                     Semantics


Written In: English  (eng)

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