Arguments and case: explaining Burzio's generalization

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The ideas presented by the contributions in this volume originated in a workshop on Burzio's generalization. Burzio's Generalization (BG) states that a verb which does not assign an external theta-role to its subject does not assign structural accusative Case to an object and conversely. It connects cross-linguistic similarities between e.g. passives, raising verbs, and unaccusatives. However, it does so by linking very different properties of a predicate. This raises fundamental questions abou…

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Full title :Arguments and case : explaining Burzio's generalization / edited by Eric Reuland.

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Publication Date:©2000.

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Publisher(s):J. Benjamins Pub. Co
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2000.

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Description:1 online resource (xii, 253 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9789027299215, 9027299218, 9789027227553, 9027227551, 9781556199189, 155619918X, 1282163418, 9781282163416
oclc:ocm70769216
LC Classification:P240.6
Dewey Decimal:415

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Argument Burzio, Luigi Burzio's generalization Cas (linguistique) Congressen (vorm) Funktionale Kategorie Grammar, Comparative and general -- Case Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syn… Kasus Syntaxe Thematische Relation Utrecht <1994>