Theories of Morphological Case and Topic/Focus
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Theories of Morphological Case and Topic/Focus

Synchronic Variation and Diachronic Change in Japanese and Beyond

Herausgegeben: Ogawa, Yoshiki
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This edited book brings together studies on morphological case in Japanese, English, and Bantu languages, among others, from morphosyntactic, semantic and historical perspectives. Languages are divided into two types in terms of case: nominative-accusative languages and ergative-absolutive languages. Even if we limit our attention to nominative-accusative languages, morphological case on subjects and objects can vary across languages or even within a single language, either synchronically or diachronically. For instance, certain stative predicates in Japanese allow their subjects and objects t...