Variation in Datives: A Microcomparative Perspective (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199937362 ISBN 13: 9780199937363

Publisher: OUP USA, 2012

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.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199937362
• ISBN 13: 9780199937363
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Fernandez Beatriz, Etxepare Ricardo