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Case: Its Principles and its Parameters (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
Mark Baker
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Description for Case: Its Principles and its Parameters (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
paperback. This book develops a unified theory of structural case and applies it to data from more than twenty unrelated languages. Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
In Case, Mark Baker develops a unified theory of how the morphological case marking of noun phrases is determined by syntactic structure. Designed to work well for languages of all alignment types - accusative, ergative, tripartite, marked nominative, or marked absolutive - this theory has been developed and tested against unrelated languages of each type, and more than twenty non-Indo-European languages are considered in depth. While affirming that case can be assigned to noun phrases by function words under agreement, the theory also develops in detail a second mode of case assignment: so-called dependent case. Suitable for academic researchers and ... Read more
In Case, Mark Baker develops a unified theory of how the morphological case marking of noun phrases is determined by syntactic structure. Designed to work well for languages of all alignment types - accusative, ergative, tripartite, marked nominative, or marked absolutive - this theory has been developed and tested against unrelated languages of each type, and more than twenty non-Indo-European languages are considered in depth. While affirming that case can be assigned to noun phrases by function words under agreement, the theory also develops in detail a second mode of case assignment: so-called dependent case. Suitable for academic researchers and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
Condition
New
Weight
584g
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107690097
SKU
V9781107690097
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About Mark Baker
Mark Baker is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Rutgers University.
Reviews for Case: Its Principles and its Parameters (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
'Case is impressive in its breadth and scope, the variety of data surveyed, and thoughtful argumentation. As he has done throughout his career, Mark Baker once again helps us think about fundamental concepts of linguistic theory.' Maria Polinsky, Harvard University