Grammatical Case Assignment in Finnish

by Diane C. Nelson

Overview

First Published in 1998. This book is a revision of the author’s 1995 University of Edinburgh dissertation entitled X° Categories and Grammatical Case Assignment in Finnish . This work provides a structural account for patterns of grammatical case in Finnish within the Principles and Parameters framework. The rich case and agreement morphology of Finnish make it an important language for testing hypotheses about the relationships between morphological case and abstract Case, and Case/case and agreement. In particular, several case 'splits' occur in Finnish which challenge standard theoretical accounts about the relationship between abstract and morphological case.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138975415
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/27/2016
Series:	Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Grammatical Case Assignment in Finnish; Chapter 3 Patterns of Case Assignment; Chapter 4 Mechanisms of Case Assignment; Chapter 5 The Morphosyntax of Possessive Affixes; Chapter 6 Complex Predicates and Non-finite Clauses;