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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958038203321

Titolo

Arguments and case : explaining Burzio's generalization / / edited by Eric Reuland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2000

ISBN

9786612163418

9781282163416

1282163418

9789027299215

9027299218

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 34

Altri autori (Persone)

ReulandEric J

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Case

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

ARGUMENTS AND CASE -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Explaining Burzio's Generalization: Exploring the Issues -- Case and Licensing -- The License to License: Licensing of Structural Case Plus Economy Yields Burzio's Generalization -- The Nature of Verbs and Burzio's Generalization -- Oblique Subjects and Burzio's Generalization -- Thetablind Case: Burzio's Generalization and its Image in the Mirror -- The Aspect-Case Typology Correlation: Perfectivity and Burzio's Generalization -- Anatomy of a Generalization -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- The Series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY.

Sommario/riassunto

The ideas presented by the contributions in this volume originated in a workshop on Burzio's generalization. Burzio's Generalization (BG) states that a verb which does not assign an external theta-role to its subject does not assign structural accusative Case to an object and conversely. It connects cross-linguistic similarities between e.g. passives, raising verbs, and unaccusatives. However, it does so by linking very different properties of a predicate. This raises fundamental questions about its theoretical status. The contributions in this volume explore BG's



theoretical basis. A consensus emerges that BG is, in fact, an epiphenomenon, due to the interaction of different principles of grammar. Moreover, the contributions show a striking convergence as to how BG is ultimately derived. The results obtained make a significant contribution to the further development of theories of Case and thematic relations.