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Chapter 10. Forty years in the search of a/the subject

  • Andrej L. Malchukov
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Non-Canonically Case-Marked Subjects
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Abstract

The present short discussion piece presents my personal view of the studies of the topics related to the notion of subject, oblique subject and non-canonical subject marking over the last years. The presentation is of course subjective insofar as it reflects my range of interests in this field. Equally subjective is the selected timeframe mentioned in the title (“forty years”) which is meant to refer to the time when the notion of subject has been in the spotlight of typological interest.

Abstract

The present short discussion piece presents my personal view of the studies of the topics related to the notion of subject, oblique subject and non-canonical subject marking over the last years. The presentation is of course subjective insofar as it reflects my range of interests in this field. Equally subjective is the selected timeframe mentioned in the title (“forty years”) which is meant to refer to the time when the notion of subject has been in the spotlight of typological interest.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Areal/geneological investigations
  5. Chapter 2. Non-nominative and depersonalized subjects in the Balkans 23
  6. Chapter 3. Affective constructions in Tsezic languages 55
  7. Part II. Synchronic investigations
  8. Chapter 4. A macrorole approach to dative subjects 85
  9. Chapter 5. Dative case and oblique subjects 115
  10. Part III. Diachronic investigations
  11. Chapter 6. Word order as a subject test in Old Icelandic 135
  12. Chapter 7. The diachrony of non-canonical subjects in Northwest Semitic 155
  13. Chapter 8. Case marking of predicative possession in Vedic 181
  14. Chapter 9. Accusative sickness? 213
  15. Afterword
  16. Chapter 10. Forty years in the search of a/the subject 241
  17. Chapter 11. What is a subject 257
  18. Language index 275
  19. Subject Index 277
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.200.10mal

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Areal/geneological investigations
  5. Chapter 2. Non-nominative and depersonalized subjects in the Balkans 23
  6. Chapter 3. Affective constructions in Tsezic languages 55
  7. Part II. Synchronic investigations
  8. Chapter 4. A macrorole approach to dative subjects 85
  9. Chapter 5. Dative case and oblique subjects 115
  10. Part III. Diachronic investigations
  11. Chapter 6. Word order as a subject test in Old Icelandic 135
  12. Chapter 7. The diachrony of non-canonical subjects in Northwest Semitic 155
  13. Chapter 8. Case marking of predicative possession in Vedic 181
  14. Chapter 9. Accusative sickness? 213
  15. Afterword
  16. Chapter 10. Forty years in the search of a/the subject 241
  17. Chapter 11. What is a subject 257
  18. Language index 275
  19. Subject Index 277
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