Morphological and Abstract Case  

Oleh:

Legate, Julie Anne

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Linguistic Inquiry (ada di JSTOR) vol. 39 no. 1 (2008), page 55-101.
Topik: ergativity; Warlpiri; Niuean; Enga; Hindi; Pama-Nyungan; Icelandic; inherent Case; morphological case; abstract Case
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Isi artikel

This article examines the relationship between abstract and morphological case, arguing that morphological case realizes abstract Case features in a postsyntactic morphology, according to the Elsewhere Condition.Aclass of prima facie ergative-absolutive languages is identified wherein intransitive subjects receive abstract nominative Case and transitive objects receive abstract accusative Case; these are realized through a morphological default, which is often mislabeled as absolutive. Further support comes from split ergativity based on a nominal hierarchy, which is shown to have a morphological source. Proposals that case and agreement are purely morphological phenomena are critiqued.

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