Semantics of Genitive Objects in Russian A Study of Genitive of Negation and Intensional Genitive Case /

• Main Author: Kagan, Olga. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 89
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Russian language.; Semantics.; Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.; Syntax.; Russian.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5225-2

The genitive/accusative opposition in Slavic languages is a decades-old linguistic conundrum. Shedding new light on this perplexing object-case alternation in Russian, this volume analyzes two variants of genitive objects that alternate with accusative complementsthe genitive of negation and the in...

Table of Contents:

• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgements
• Preface . 1. Introducing the Problem: Structural Case Alterations . 2. Outline of the Book . 3. Methodology, Data and Judgments
• Chapter 1. 1.1 Genitive Objects and the Inherent/Structural Distinction
• �Chapter 2. 2.1. The Configurational Approach
• Chapter 3. 3.1. Subjunctive Mood: An Introduction
• Chapter 4. 4.1. Non-Semantic Factors . Chapter 5. 5.1. Preview: The Importance of REC
• Chapter 6. 6.1. Irrealis Genitive in Negative Contexts
• Chapter 7. 7.1. Aspect and Number Affect Case-Assignment
• Chapter 8. 8.1. Differential Object Marking
• Conclusion
• Bibliography.