33.2710, Books: The Semantics of Case: Kagan

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Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:03:17
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Semantics of Case: Kagan

 


Title: The Semantics of Case 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

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


Author: Olga Kagan

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108403474 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 33.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108403474 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 25.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108403474 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 30.33


Abstract:

Editor's Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced title.

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.
 



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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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=163455




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