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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438062103321

Autore

Kagan Olga

Titolo

Semantics of genitive objects in Russian : a study of genitive of negation and intensional genitive case / / Olga Kagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-69817-X

94-007-5225-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Studies in natural language and linguistic theory, , 0924-4670 ; ; v. 89

Disciplina

491.75

Soggetti

Russian language - Case

Russian language - Negatives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 complements—the genitive of negation and the intensional genitive. The author contends that these variants are manifestations of the same phenomenon, and thus require an integrated analysis. Further, that the choice of case is sensitive to factors that fuse semantics and pragmatics, and that the genitive case is assigned to objects denoting properties at the same time as they lack commitment to existence. Kagan’s subtle analysis accounts for the complex relations between case-marking and other properties, such as definiteness, specificity, number and aspect. It also



reveals a correlation between the genitive case and the subjunctive mood, and relates her overarching subject matter to other instances of differential object-marking.