Variation in Datives: A Microcomparative Perspective

FERNANDEZ, Beatriz; ETXEPARE, Ricardo

ISBN 10: 0199937389 / ISBN 13: 9780199937387

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013

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Paperback in very good condition. From the collection of Professor Hajit Borer; authors have initialled and dedicated this copy to her on half-title page. Light shelf and handling wear only, pages are tightly bound, content unmarked. CN.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Variation in Datives: A Microcomparative Perspective
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199937389
• ISBN 13: 9780199937387
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed and Dedicated By Author
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language & Communication

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Synopsis

Variation in Datives collects new research on the nature of syntactic micro-variation in datives. The papers in this volume examine different aspects of internal variation in dative marking, such as agreement and case alternations, distribution of adpositional structures and dative case-marking, the different structural positions of dative arguments and their semantic contribution, and patterns of syncretism in the clitic and/or agreement system. Interest in these topics has grown significantly in the past 20 years. Variation in Datives makes a significant contribution to our understanding of language variation, as it adds the micro-comparative perspective to the general discussion and includes 10 new articles on a wide range of European languages, including Greek, Basque, Icelandic, and Serbo-Croatian.

Variation in Datives will appeal to scholars and advanced students of syntax, linguistic variation, and especially syntactic micro-variation.

About the Author

Beatriz Fernandez is Professor of Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country.

Ricardo Extepare is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Bayonne.