Variation in Datives A Microcomparative Perspective

Beatriz Fernandez, Ricardo Etxepare, "Variation in Datives: A Microcomparative Perspective"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0199937389, 0199937362 | PDF | pages: 345 | 3.8 mb
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 dative case-marking, the different structural positions of dative arguments and their semantic contribution, and patterns of syncretism in the clitic and/or agreement system. Interest in these topics has grown significantly in the past 20 years. Variation in Datives makes a significant contribution to our understanding of language variation, as it adds the micro-comparative perspective to the general discussion and includes 10 new articles on a wide range of European languages, including Greek, Basque, Icelandic, and Serbo-Croatian.