Case and the theory of case is one of the central concepts in modern
generative syntax. Case links the arguments to the predicates within
the clause, forces nominal expressions to move and to surface in
specific positions, and, in some languages, encodes the referential
properties of the nominal expressions. However, languages make use
of overt case distinctions to a very varied degree, which leaves the
proper formulation of principles that bring these aspects together with
many open questions. The contributions in this volume offer analyses
of case phenomena in a broad range of languages within different
modern frameworks. Novel treatments of case are also proposed,
inviting further discussion and development of the topic.
Ellen Brandner is a researcher at the Universität Konstanz.
Heike Zinsmeister is a researcher at the Universität Stuttgart.
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
Ellen Brandner and Heike Zinsmeister
- 2 On Nominative Case Features and Split Agreement
Artemis Alexiadou
- 3 Case Systems: Beyond Structural Distinctions
Miriam Butt and Tracy Holloway King
- 4 Categorical Features as the Source of EPP and Abstract Case Phenomena
Eric Haeberli
- 5 Not so Quirky: On Subject Case in Icelandic
Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson
- 6 Against the Feature Bundle Theory of Case
Marcus Kracht
- 7 Case and Event Structure in Finnish Psych Predicates
Diane Nelson
- 8 Case: Abstract vs. Morphological
Halldór Ármann Sigurðsson
- 9 Surface Matters. Case Conflict in Free Relative Constructions and Case Theory
Ralf Vogel
- 10 Burzio's Generalizations, Markedness, and Locality Constraints on Nominative Objects
Ellen Woolford
- 11 Optimal Case Patterns: German and Icelandic Compared
Dieter Wunderlich
- Index
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