16.921, Qs: Case-Assignment in Slavic

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Subject: 16.921, Qs: Case-Assignment in Slavic

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Date: 24-Mar-2005
From: Olga Kagan < olgamail at mscc.huji.ac.il >
Subject: Case-Assignment in Slavic

	
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:33:02
From: Olga Kagan < olgamail at mscc.huji.ac.il >
Subject: Case-Assignment in Slavic


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I am a Ph.D. student of linguistics and I am working on certain aspects of
Case-assignment in Slavic languages. I would like to ask what is the Case
assigned by the verbs meaning ''to want'', ''to ask for'', ''to demand'',
''to deserve'', ''to seek'' and ''to avoid'' in different Slavic languages.
For instance, in Russian these verbs may assign either accusative or
genitive Case:

a. On prosit vnimania  /   knigu.
   he asks   attention(gen)/book(acc)
   He asks for attention / a book.
b. Dima i??et Lenu /      priklju?enij.
   Dima seek  Lena(acc) / adventures (gen)
   Dima is seeking Lena / adventures.

However, I have been told that in Polish these verbs obligatorily take
genitive objects. What is the state of affairs in other Slavic languages?

Thanking you in advance,

Olga Kagan.

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Language Family(ies): Slavic Subgroup





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