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Case: The realization and interpretation of a relational feature. ...
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This thesis examines the cross-linguistic realization of three Case types identified on the basis of the information they encode. Grammatical Case encodes information about grammatical roles, lexical Case encodes a fixed semantic interpretation which is lexically linked to a specific morphological Case, and semantic Case encodes contextually determined referential information. Inflectional features are identified as inherent, specified in the citation form of lexical items, or derived, requiring specification only in the syntax. The proposed Case type classification and feature distinction are used to examine a variety of Case-related phenomena including quirky subjects and existential constructions. The study of quirky subjects reveals that they are locative predicate modifiers of stage-level predicates. Although marked with oblique lexical Case, their syntactic properties indicate that they are in the structural position associated with the grammatical Case of the subject. The Case patterns observed in ...
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Language, Modern.
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URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-8257 http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/10368
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