Patterns of development, patterns of syncretism of relational morphology in the Bodic languages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Introduction: The role of semantic, pragmatic and discourse factors in the development of case ix
5. Part I. Semantically and aspectually motivated synchronic case variation
6. Case variation in Gothic absolute constructions 3
7. Some semantic and pragmatic aspects of object alternation in Early Vedic 23
8. Part II. Discourse motivated subject marking
9. The case of the shifty ergative marker: A pragmatic shift in the ergative marker of one Australian mixed language 59
10. How useful is case morphology? The loss of the Old French two-case system within a theory of Preferred Argument structure 93
11. Part III. Reduction or expansion of case marker distribution
12. The development of case in Germanic 123
13. A usage-based approach to change: Old Russian possessive constructions 161
14. Lacking in Latvian: Case variation from a cognitive and constructional perspective 181
15. Verb classes and dative objects in Insular Scandinavian 203
16. Transitive adjectives in Japanese 225
17. Part IV. Case syncretism motivated by syntax, semantics or language contact
18. Patterns of development, patterns of syncretism of relational morphology in the Bodic languages 261
19. The evolution of local cases and their grammatical equivalent in Greek and Latin 283
20. Argument structure and alignment variations and changes in Late Latin 307
21. Case loss in Texas German: The influence of semantic and pragmatic factors 347
22. Part V. Case splits motivated by pragmatics, metonymy and subjectification
23. Semantic role to new information in Meithei 377
24. From less personal to more personal: Subjectification of ni -marked NPs in Japanese discourse 401
25. Author index 423
26. Subject index 427