ISBN:
9789400752252
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128369817X
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9781283698177
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVIII, 186 p. 4 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 89
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kagan, Olga, 1977 - Semantics of genitive objects in Russian
Keywords:
Russian language
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Semantics
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Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax
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Linguistics
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Linguistics
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Russian language
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Semantics
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Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax
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Russian language
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Grammar
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Russian language
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Case
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Russisch
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Negation
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Genitiv
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Russisch
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Negation
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Genitiv
Abstract:
The genitive/accusative opposition in Slavic languages is a decades-old linguistic conundrum. Shedding new light on this perplexing object-case alternation in Russian, this volume analyzes two variants of genitive objects that alternate with accusative complements-the genitive of negation and the intensional genitive. The author contends that these variants are manifestations of the same phenomenon, and thus require an integrated analysis. Further, that the choice of case is sensitive to factors that fuse semantics and pragmatics, and that the genitive case is assigned to objects denoting properties at the same time as they lack commitment to existence.Kagan’s subtle analysis accounts for the complex relations between case-marking and other properties, such as definiteness, specificity, number and aspect. It also reveals a correlation between the genitive case and the subjunctive mood, and relates her overarching subject matter to other instances of differential object-marking.
Description / Table of Contents:
Semantics of Genitive Objects in Russian; Preface; 1 Introducing the Problem: Structural Case Alterations; 2 Outline of the Book; 3 Methodology, Data and Judgments; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Non-Canonical Genitive: How Many Cases?; 1.1 Genitive Objects and the Inherent/Structural Distinction; 1.2 Three Subtypes of Non-canonical Genitive Case; 1.2.1 Partitive Genitive; 1.2.2 Genitive of Negation; 1.2.3 Intensional Genitive; 1.3 Reorganization of the Subtypes of Non-canonical Genitive; 1.3.1 The Organization of Non-canonical Genitive in Previously Proposed Accounts
Description / Table of Contents:
1.3.2 Genitive of Negation and Intensional Genitive as a Single Phenomenon1.3.2.1 Genitive/Accusative Alternation; 1.3.2.2 Native Speakers´ Judgments; 1.3.2.3 Semantic Properties That Affect Case-Assignment; 1.3.2.4 Licensing Operators; 1.3.2.5 GenNeg and Intensional Genitive Cross-Linguistically; 1.3.2.6 Genitive of Negation and Intensional Genitive: A Summary; 1.3.3 Irrealis Genitive as Opposed to Partitive Genitive; 1.3.3.1 Properties of the NP; 1.3.3.2 Verbal Aspect; 1.3.3.3 Second Genitive; 1.3.3.4 Cross-Linguistic Data; 1.3.4 Conclusion; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 2: Previously Proposed Accounts2.1 The Configurational Approach; 2.1.1 Bailyn (1997); 2.1.2 Harves (2002a, b); 2.1.3 Configurational Approach: The Shortcomings; 2.1.3.1 Unaccusativity Hypothesis; 2.1.3.2 Not All Passive and Unaccusative Verbs License GenNeg; 2.1.3.3 GenNeg Assignment to Specific and Definite NPs; 2.1.3.4 Further Shortcomings; 2.2 The Empty Quantifier Approach; 2.2.1 Syntactic Approaches; 2.2.1.1 Pesetsky (1982); 2.2.1.2 Bailyn (2004); 2.2.2 Semantic Approaches; 2.2.2.1 Pereltsvaig (1998, 1999); 2.2.2.2 The [+/-Q] Feature: Neidle (1988)
Description / Table of Contents:
2.3 Perspectival Center: Borschev and Partee2.4 Intermediary Conclusion; 2.5 Unaccusativity Hypothesis; References; Chapter 3: Subjunctive Mood and the Notion of Commitment; 3.1 Subjunctive Mood: An Introduction; 3.2 Farkas (2003): The [+/-Decided] Feature; 3.2.1 The Choice of Mood; 3.2.2 Classes of Propositional Attitude Predicates; 3.2.2.1 Epistemic Predicates; 3.2.2.2 Fiction Predicates; 3.2.2.3 Desiderative Predicates; 3.2.2.4 Directive Predicates; 3.2.2.5 A Note on Weak Intensional Predicates; 3.2.2.6 Subjunctive Mood and the [+Decided] Feature
Description / Table of Contents:
3.2.3 Subjunctive Mood in Other Environments3.2.3.1 Counterfactual Conditionals; 3.2.3.2 Imperative Sentences; 3.2.3.3 Exclamative Sentences; 3.2.3.4 Negation; 3.2.4 A Summary; References; Chapter 4: Irrealis Genitive: Formulating the Analysis; 4.1 Non-semantic Factors; 4.1.1 Variation in Judgments and Dialects; 4.1.2 Register; 4.1.3 Idiosyncratic Properties of Verbs; 4.2 Analysis; 4.2.1 Property Type; 4.2.2 Existential Commitment; 4.2.3 Relating Semantic Type to EC; References; Chapter 5: Irrealis Genitive and Relative Existential Commitment: Part 1; 5.1 Preview: The Importance of REC
Description / Table of Contents:
5.2 Case-Assignment and the Strong/Weak Distinction
Description / Table of Contents:
Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface . 1. Introducing the Problem: Structural Case Alterations . 2. Outline of the Book . 3. Methodology, Data and Judgments -- Chapter 1. 1.1 Genitive Objects and the Inherent/Structural Distinction -- Chapter 2. 2.1. The Configurational Approach -- Chapter 3. 3.1. Subjunctive Mood: An Introduction -- Chapter 4. 4.1. Non-Semantic Factors . Chapter 5. 5.1. Preview: The Importance of REC -- Chapter 6. 6.1. Irrealis Genitive in Negative Contexts -- Chapter 7. 7.1. Aspect and Number Affect Case-Assignment -- Chapter 8. 8.1. Differential Object Marking -- Conclusion -- Bibliography..
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DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-5225-2
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