Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic
Axel Holvoet · Nicole Nau · Rolandas Mikulskas
Latest release: May 15, 2020
Syntax · Linguistics
Series
5
Books
About this ebook series
This is the first of three volumes dealing with clausal architecture, grammatical relations, case-marking and the syntaxsemantics interface in Baltic. It focuses on the grammatical relations of subject and object and the viability of these notions in languages like Lithuanian and Latvian, which have a rich case morphology and show many deviations from the canonical nominative-accusative pattern of case-marking. The issues examined include differential object marking, subjecthood in specificational copular constructions, swarm-type alternations and what they tell us about grammatical relations, special types of subject and object marking in non-finite clauses, and non-canonical grammatical relations induced by modal predicates. One study provides a comparative outlook towards Icelandic, another language noted for its complex marking of grammatical relations. The articles in the volume represent various theoretical frameworks.