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The Dative of Agency surveys the Indo-European dative in its role as an agent, tracing how this case functions across languages and how it relates to the Instrumental.
Written as a reconstructive, comparative study, it situates the dative within a broader system of case-syntax and shows how agency and means intermingle in historic and modern uses.
Alexander Green builds a careful argument that blends philology, grammar, and historical text to illuminate how the dative of agency interacts with other cases. Though rooted in ancient and classical languages, the work speaks to contemporary concerns in linguistic theory by comparing Greek, Latin, Germanic, Slavic, Iranian, and Greek-influenced forms, while noting both continuities and unique developments in each branch.
- Learn how the dative of agency has been analyzed as a distinct function and how it intersects with the instrumental meaning.
- See cross-language comparisons that connect agency with means, possession, and passives across Indo-European languages.
- Explore the historical development of agency expressions, with attention to Greek, Germanic, Slavic, and Iranian traditions.
- Understand the scholarly context, sources, and methodologies used to reconstruct early syntactic patterns.
Ideal for readers engaged in historical linguistics, philology, and advanced grammar who seek a rigorous, language-spanning perspective on a classic topic.
ALEXANDER GREEN. Columbia University, July, 1913.
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