Diachrony of Differential Argument Marking

by Alena Witzlack-Makarevich, Ilja A. Seržant, Ilja A Serzant

Book Overview

While there are languages that code a particular grammatical role (e.g. subject or direct object) in one and the same way across the board, many more languages code the same grammatical roles differentially. The variables which condition the differential argument marking (or DAM) pertain to various properties of the NP (such as animacy or definiteness) or to event semantics or various properties of the clause. While the main line of current research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013292022
• ISBN13: 9781013292026
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 2.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"