Non-canonically case-marked subjects : the Reykjavik-Eyjafjallajökull papers

• Main Authors: Jóhanna Barðdal, Pat-El, Na'ama, Carey, Stephen M.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins 2018; John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Edition: 1
• Series: Studies in Language Companion Series
• Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general; Grammar, Comparative and general > Case > Congresses; Grammar, Comparative and general-Case; Historical linguistics; Icelandic language; Icelandic language > Case > Congresses; Icelandic language-Case; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax; Theoretical linguistics

Interest in non-canonically case-marked subjects has been unceasing since the groundbreaking work of Andrews and Masica in the late 70’s who were the first to document the existence of syntactic subjects in another morphological case than the nominative. Their research was focused on Icelandic and S...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Non-Canonically Case-Marked Subjects -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Reykjavík-Eyjafjallajokull papers -- 1. Background -- 2. The Reykjavik-Eyjafjallajokull conference -- 3. Summaries -- 4. Relevance for current research -- 5. Visions for future research -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part I. Areal/geneological investigations -- Chapter 2. Non-nominative and depersonalized subjects in the Balkans: Areality vs. genealogy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Impersonals -- 3. Non-imperative imperatives -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. Affective constructions in Tsezic languages -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Affective predicates: Formal properties and additional functions -- 3. Verbal inflection and derivation -- 4. Affective predicates in simple clauses -- 5. Affective predicates in complex clauses -- 6. Affective predicates and extended intransitive predicates -- 7. Is the more prominent argument of affective predicates a subject? -- 8. From meaning to form: Affective predicates in the wider context of experiential constructions -- 9. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Part II. Synchronic investigations -- Chapter 4. A macrorole approach to dative subjects -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Grammatical privilege in Spanish -- 3. The three-macrorole analysis -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5. Dative case and oblique subjects -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dative subjects and beyond -- 3. Types of case -- 4. The Role and Reference Grammar approach to dative case assignment -- 5. Case marking and agentivity -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References -- Part III. Diachronic investigations -- Chapter 6. Word order as a subject test in Old Icelandic -- 1. Introduction
• 2. The position of subjects and objects in Modern Icelandic -- 3. Subjects and objects in Old Icelandic -- 4. Oblique subjects -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Texts -- Chapter 7. The diachrony of non-canonical subjects in Northwest Semitic -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Subjecthood -- 4. Historical scenario -- 5. Theoretical implications -- 6. Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8. Case marking of predicative possession in Vedic: The genitive, the dative, the locative -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The notion of possession -- 3. Expression of possession in Early Vedic -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9. Accusative sickness?: A brief epidemic in the history of German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Oblique subjects in German: A brief overview -- 3. The semantic distribution of the Oblique Subject Construction -- 4. Variation in Old and Middle High German: Six case studies -- 5. Formalization -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Afterword -- Chapter 10. Forty years in the search of a/the subject -- The quest for the subject -- Diachronic issues and their theoretical consequences -- Subject properties, biases and competing motivations -- A note on the oblique subject controversy -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 11. What is a subject: The nature and validity of subject tests -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Language index -- Subject index
• Chapter 1. Introduction --
• Subject Index
• Chapter 5. Dative case and oblique subjects --
• Chapter 11. What is a subject --
• Part II. Synchronic investigations --
• Chapter 10. Forty years in the search of a/the subject --
• Chapter 7. The diachrony of non-canonical subjects in Northwest Semitic --
• Part III. Diachronic investigations --
• Prelim pages --
• Part I. Areal/geneological investigations --
• Chapter 6. Word order as a subject test in Old Icelandic --
• Afterword --
• Language index --
• Chapter 9. Accusative sickness? --
• Chapter 2. Non-nominative and depersonalized subjects in the Balkans --
• Chapter 4. A macrorole approach to dative subjects --
• Chapter 8. Case marking of predicative possession in Vedic --
• Chapter 3. Affective constructions in Tsezic languages --
• Table of contents --