29.3231, Books: Diachrony of differential argument marking: Seržant, Witzlack-Makarevich (eds.)

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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:03:52
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Diachrony of differential argument marking: Seržant, Witzlack-Makarevich (eds.)

 


Title: Diachrony of differential argument marking 
Series Title: Studies in Diversity Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/173 


Editor: Ilja A. Seržant
Editor: Alena Witzlack-Makarevich

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961100859 Pages: 566 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

While there are languages that code a particular grammatical role (e.g.
subject or direct object) in one and the same way across the board, many more
languages code the same grammatical roles differentially. The variables which
condition the differential argument marking (or DAM) pertain to various
properties of the NP (such as animacy or definiteness) or to event semantics
or various properties of the clause. While the main line of current research
on DAM is mainly synchronic the volume tackles the diachronic perspective. The
tenet is that the emergence and the development of differential marking
systems provide a different kind of evidence for the understanding of the
phenomenon. The present volume consists of 18 chapters and primarily brings
together diachronic case studies on particular languages or language groups
including e.g. Finno-Ugric, Sino-Tibetan and Japonic languages. The volume
also includes a position paper, which provides an overview of the typology of
different subtypes of DAM systems, a chapter on computer simulation of the
emergence of DAM and a chapter devoted to the cross-linguistic effects of
referential hierarchies on DAM.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Syntax
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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