Objects and Information Structure

Irina (University of London) Nikolaeva, Mary (Professor of Syntax, University of Oxford) Dalrymple

Cambridge University Press, 2014

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In many languages, the objects of transitive verbs are either marked by grammatical case or agreement on the verb, or they remain unmarked. This book is a cross-linguistic study of how object marking is affected by information structure, the grammatical structuring of the utterance in accordance with context.

ISBN-13
9781107627376
ISBN-10
1107627370
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
Publication date
2014-06-19
Pages
262
Dimensions
229x156x14
Weight
364