Differential Subject Marking

Although (almost) all sentences have subjects, not all sentences encode their subjects in the same way. Some languages overtly mark some subjects, but not others, depending on certain features of the subject argument or the sentence in which the subject figures. This phenomenon is known as Different...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hoop, Helen. (Editor), Swart, Peter. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 72
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6497-5
LEADER 03677nam a22005295i 4500
001 5003
003 DE-He213
005 20130725200451.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 100614s2009 ne | s |||| 0|eng d
020 # # |a 9781402064975  |9 978-1-4020-6497-5 
024 7 # |a 10.1007/978-1-4020-6497-5  |2 doi 
050 # 4 |a P101-410 
072 # 7 |a CF  |2 bicssc 
072 # 7 |a LAN009000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 410  |2 23 
100 1 # |a Hoop, Helen.  |e editor. 
245 1 0 |a Differential Subject Marking  |c edited by Helen Hoop, Peter Swart.  |h [electronic resource] / 
264 # 1 |a Dordrecht :  |b Springer Netherlands,  |c 2009. 
300 # # |b online resource. 
336 # # |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 # # |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 # # |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 # # |a text file  |b PDF  |2 rda 
490 1 # |a Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory,  |v 72  |x 0924-4670 ; 
505 0 # |a Preface -- Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Cross-linguistic Variation in Differential Subject Marking -- Differential Subject Marking at Argument Structure, Syntax, and PF -- Quantitative Variation in Korean Case Ellipsis: Implications for Case Theory -- Ergative Case-marking in Hindi -- DOM and Two Types of DSM in Turkish -- Differential Subject Marking in Polish: The Case of Genitive vs. Nominative Subjects in X was not at Y -constructions -- Differential Argument Marking in Two-term Case Systems and its Implications for the General Theory of Case Marking -- Non-canonical Agent Marking in Agul -- From Topic to Subject Marking: Implications for a Typology of Subject Marking Grammaticalization and Strategies in Resolving Subject Marking Paradoxes: The Case of Tsimshianic -- Different Subjects, Different Marking -- Differential Marking of Intransitive Subjects in Kambera (Austronesian). 
520 # # |a Although (almost) all sentences have subjects, not all sentences encode their subjects in the same way. Some languages overtly mark some subjects, but not others, depending on certain features of the subject argument or the sentence in which the subject figures. This phenomenon is known as Differential Subject Marking (DSM). Languages differ in which conditions govern DSM. Some languages differentiate their subjects on the basis of semantic features of the argument such as thematic role, volitionality, animacy, whereas others differentiate on the basis of clausal features such as tense/aspect and the main/dependent clause distinction. DSM comes in different formal guises: case marking, agreement, inverse systems, and voice alternations. Relatively much is known about cross-linguistic variation in the marking of subjects, yet little attempt has been made to formalize the facts. This volume aims to unify formal approaches to language and presents both specific case studies of DSM and theoretical approaches. 
650 # 0 |a Linguistics. 
650 # 0 |a Comparative linguistics. 
650 # 0 |a Grammar, Comparative and general. 
650 # 0 |a Semantics. 
650 # 0 |a Grammar, Comparative and general  |x Syntax. 
650 1 4 |a Linguistics. 
650 2 4 |a Theoretical Languages. 
650 2 4 |a Comparative Linguistics. 
650 2 4 |a Syntax. 
650 2 4 |a Semantics. 
650 2 4 |a Grammar. 
700 1 # |a Swart, Peter.  |e editor. 
710 2 # |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 # |t Springer eBooks 
776 0 8 |i Printed edition:  |z 9781402064982 
830 # 0 |a Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory,  |v 72  |x 0924-4670 ; 
856 4 0 |u https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6497-5 
912 # # |a ZDB-2-SHU 
950 # # |a Humanities, Social Sciences and Law (Springer-11648)