Case in Russian: a sign-oriented approach

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This volume presents an analysis of Russian case from a sign-oriented perspective. The study was inspired by William Diver's analysis of Latin case and follows the spirit of the Columbia School of linguistics. The fundamental premise that underlies this volume is that language is a communicative tool shaped by human behavior. In this study, case is viewed as a semantic entity. Each case is assigned an invariant meaning within a larger semantic system, which is validated through numerous example…

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Full title :Case in Russian : a sign-oriented approach / Alexandra Beytenbrat.

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Publication Date:2015

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Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9789027268167, 9027268169, 9027215804, 9789027215802
oclc:ocn910936264
LC Classification:PG2221
Dewey Decimal:491.75

Case in Russian; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Abbreviations; Transliteration; Introduction; 1. Preliminaries; 2. The scope of this study; 3. Outline of the volume; 1. Columbia School Theory; 1.1 The definition of language; 1.2 The human factor; 1.3 The linguistic sign; 1.3.1 Grammatical system; 1.4 Invariant meaning vs. message; 1.5 Methods of validation; 1.6 Summary; 2. Previous analyses of case; 2.1 Sentence-oriented theories; 2.1.1 Traditional view; 2.1.2 Modern syntactic approaches; 2.1.2.1 Case Grammar.

2.1.2.2 Case theory in Government and Binding2.1.2.3 Case in the Minimalist Program; 2.1.2.4 Case in Lexical-Funtional Grammar; 2.1.3 Semantic approaches; 2.1.3.1 Cognitive approach; 2.1.3.2 Natural Semantic Metalanguage; 2.1.3.3 Formal semantics; 2.2 Sign-oriented theories; 2.2.1 Jakobsonian School; 2.2.2 Case in Columbia School Theory; 2.3 Summary; 3. The System of Contribution; 3.1 The nominative -- HIGH CONTRIBUTOR; 3.2 The accusative -- LOW CONTRIBUTOR; 3.3 The dative -- MID CONTRIBUTOR; 3.3.1 Types of verbs with the dative case; 3.3.2 Dative of possession; 3.4 Additional data.

3.4.1 Nominative-dative alternation3.4.2 Nominat…

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Fonctionnalisme (Linguistique) FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous Functionalism (Linguistics) Russe (Langue) -- Cas Russe (Langue) -- Grammaire de cas Russe (Langue) -- Sémantique Russian language -- Case Russian language -- Case grammar Russian language -- Semantics