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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808456603321

Titolo

Case, animacy and semantic roles / / edited by Seppo Kittilä, Katja Västi, Jussi Ylikoski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-28671-8

9786613286710

90-272-8481-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Typological studies in language, , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 99

Altri autori (Persone)

KittiläSeppo

VästiKatja

YlikoskiJussi

Disciplina

415/.5

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Case

Grammar, Comparative and general - Animacy

Semantics

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Semantic roles and animacy -- pt. 2. Semantic roles and cases vs. adpositions -- pt. 3. Animacy and case -- pt. 4. Diachrony and case -- pt. 5. Theoretical issues.

Sommario/riassunto

The chapters of this volume scrutinize the interplay of different combinations of case, animacy and semantic roles, thus contributing to our understanding of these notions in a novel way. The focus of the chapters lies on showing how animacy affects argument marking. Unlike previous studies, these chapters primarily deal with lesser studied phenomena, such as animacy effects on spatial cases and the differences between cases and adpositions in the coding of spatial relations. In addition, theoretical and diachronic issues related to case and semantic roles are also discussed; for example, what