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Chapter 4. The grammar of case

Semantic role, pragmatic function, morphology and syntactic control
© 2018 T. Givón

© 2018 T. Givón

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Foreword to the 1979 edition xiii
  4. Preface to the 1979 edition xv
  5. Preface to the revised edition xix
  6. Chapter 1. Fact, method and explanation 1
  7. Chapter 2. Toward a discourse definition of syntax 25
  8. Chapter 3. Negation in language 93
  9. Chapter 4. The grammar of case 119
  10. Chapter 5. From discourse to syntax 151
  11. Chapter 6. Where does crazy syntax come from? 175
  12. Chapter 7. The SOV mystery and language evolution 201
  13. Chapter 8. Language and ontology 225
  14. Bibliography 269
  15. General index 291
  16. Languages index 299
On Understanding Grammar
This chapter is in the book On Understanding Grammar
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.213.c4

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Foreword to the 1979 edition xiii
  4. Preface to the 1979 edition xv
  5. Preface to the revised edition xix
  6. Chapter 1. Fact, method and explanation 1
  7. Chapter 2. Toward a discourse definition of syntax 25
  8. Chapter 3. Negation in language 93
  9. Chapter 4. The grammar of case 119
  10. Chapter 5. From discourse to syntax 151
  11. Chapter 6. Where does crazy syntax come from? 175
  12. Chapter 7. The SOV mystery and language evolution 201
  13. Chapter 8. Language and ontology 225
  14. Bibliography 269
  15. General index 291
  16. Languages index 299
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