22.3582, Books: Historical Linguistics/Semantics/Syntax: Dalrymple, Nikolaeva
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Date: 13-Sep-2011
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: Objects and Information Structure: Dalrymple, Nikolaeva
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From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: Objects and Information Structure: 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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