Flexible Syntax
Language: English
Published by Springer, 2001
Series: Book 35 of 60 - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
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- Title
- Flexible Syntax
- Author
- F. Weerman A. Neeleman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0792371992
- ISBN 13
- 9780792371991
- Series
- Book 35 of 60: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. Neeleman and Weerman take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. In-depth analyses of word order phenomena as well as diachronic and typological generalizations motivate a re-evaluation of the role of case in the projection of arguments. Case is shown to provide a syntactic foothold for thematic interpretation, something which is necessary in a grammar that does not allow fixed theta-positions. Thus, this study does not only offer a genuine alternative to many standard assumptions, it also explains why there should be such a thing as case in natural language.
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