The Role of Semantic, Pragmatic, and Discourse Factors in the Development of Case

The Role of Semantic, Pragmatic, and Discourse Factors in the Development of Case
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Download or read book The Role of Semantic, Pragmatic, and Discourse Factors in the Development of Case written by J?hanna Bar?dal and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on non-syntactic factors in the development of case by illustrating the integral role of pragmatics, semantics, and discourse structure in the historical development of morphologically marked case systems. Examined fifteen typologically diverse languages from four different language families: (i) Indo-European: Vedic Sanskrit, Russian, Greek, Latin, Latvian, Gothic, French, German, Icelandic, and Faroese; (ii) Tibeto-Burman, especially the Bodic languages and Meithei; (iii) Japanese; and (iv) the Pama-Nyungan mixed language Gurindji Kriol.

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