On the basis of synchronic and diachronic data analysis, the volume takes a close look at the synchronic layers of binominal size noun and type noun uses (a bunch/a load of X; a sort of X; a Y type of X) and reconsiders the framework of grammaticalization in view of issues raise…
The aim of this volume is to bring non-syntactic factors in the development of case into the eye of the research field, by illustrating the integral role of pragmatics, semantics, and discourse structure in the historical development of morphologically marked case systems. The a…
This volume is the first book length study into the essive, a relatively unknown case marker like English 'as (a child)'. It focuses on the distribution of the essive in contemporary Uralic languages with special attention to the opposition between permanent and impermanent stat…
This title collects new research on the nature of syntactic micro-variation in datives. The papers in the volume examine different aspects of internal variation in dative marking, such as agreement and case alternations, distribution of adpositional structures and dative case-ma…
Variation in datives: a microcomparative perspective
This title collects new research on the nature of syntactic micro-variation in datives. The papers in the volume examine different aspects of internal variation in dative marking, such as agreement and case alternations, distribution of adpositional structures and dative case-ma…
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 dat…