25.1154, Books: A typology of marked-S languages: Handschuh

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Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 11:40:30
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: A typology of marked-S languages: Handschuh

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Title: A typology of marked-S languages 
Series Title: Studies in Diversity Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2014 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/18 

Author: Corrinna Handschuh

Electronic: ISBN:  9783944675190 Pages: 263 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access

Abstract:

Case-systems all over the world exhibit striking similarities. In most languages intransitive subjects (S) receives less overt marking than one of the two transitive arguments agent-like A or patient-like P); the other one of these two arguments is usually encoded by the same form as S. In some languages the amount of overt marking is identical between S, A, and P. But hardly ever does the S argument receive more overt marking than A or P. Yet there are some languages that do not follow this general pattern. This book is about those languages that behave differently, the marked-S languages.

Marked-S languages are well-known to be found in East Africa, where they occur in two different language families, Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan. They can also be found in North-Western America and the Pacific region. This book is the first investigation of marked S-languages that treats the phenomenon on a global scale.

The study examines the functional distribution of the two main case-forms, the form used for S (S-case) and the case-form of the transitive argument which receives less marking (the zero-case). It offers a very fine-grained perspective considering a wide range of constructions.  The contexts in which the case-marking patterns are investigated include nominal, existential and
locational predication, subjects in special discourse function (e.g. focused constituents), subjects of passives and dependent clauses, as well as the forms used for addressing someone (vocative form) and for using a noun in isolation (citation form).

Apart from the functional distribution of case forms, the formal means of marking are also considered. The main focus is on the synchronic description and comparison of marked-S languages, but historical explanations for the unusual case-marking pattern are also discussed. 

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Syntax
                     Typology

Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic
                      Nilo-Saharan 

Written In: English  (eng)

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