Restrictiveness in Case Theory

By Henry Smith

Book Overview

Henry Smith develops a theory of syntactic case and examines its synchronic and diachronic consequences. Within a unification-based framework, he draws out pervasive patterns in the relationship between morphosyntax linking and grammatical function. Beginning with a detailed study of dative substitution in Icelandic, the author moves on to examine a wide array of synchronic and diachronic data and to construct a typology of case.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521462878
• ISBN13: 9780521462877
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"