Datives And Other Cases: Between Argument Structure And Event Structure (Studies in Languages Companion, SLCS 75)

Datives and Other Cases......Page 2
Editorial Page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1.1. Case, as a typological and traditional grammatical concept......Page 12
1.3. Inherent vs. structural......Page 14
2.1. Dative varieties......Page 16
2.2. Regular vs. exceptional patterns in German......Page 17
2.3. Abstract vs. overt/morphological Case......Page 20
2.4. Intensional varieties of the German Dative laid bare: The German Dative height8pt depth3pt width0pt in cross-Germanic comparison......Page 23
2.5. Methodological conclusions: Parsing distinctions......Page 28
3. Case governed by V-incorporated P......Page 30
4. Dative as recipient argument and scalar interpretations......Page 32
5. Dative(s): Reflexivity and reciprocity......Page 33
6. Raised possessors as ergatives in non-ergative languages: The case height8pt depth3pt width0pt of Modern German......Page 36
7. Paradigmatic and syntagmatic dative relations. A new chapter height8pt depth3pt width0pt in case grammar......Page 41
8. The dative as adjective governed: Russian vs. German......Page 47
9. Concluding words: How do semantic roles and argumenthood interact with the syntactic functions of subject and object? Functions of the `dative' other than objecthood?......Page 48
Notes......Page 50
References......Page 51
Focus on Germanic......Page 56
1. Introduction......Page 58
2.1. Structural considerations......Page 61
2.2. Semantic evidence for an argument-structural analysis......Page 63
2.3. Syntactic evidence......Page 65
2.4. Inherent accusatives......Page 72
3. Against a case-based account......Page 74
3.1. Separating movement from case......Page 75
3.2. How are German and Icelandic really different?......Page 76
4. Conclusion......Page 80
Notes......Page 81
References......Page 83
1. Introduction......Page 88
2. Difficulties with focus projection and a diagnostic for basic word order......Page 89
3. The strict word order hypothesis......Page 92
4. Some similarities with experiencer verbs......Page 95
5. The dat > acc > dat / pp asymmetry......Page 97
6. Low datives are pps......Page 102
7. Some problems and speculations......Page 105
8. Summary......Page 106
Notes......Page 107
References......Page 108
1. Introduction......Page 112
2.1. Dative shift......Page 114
2.2. Possessor raising......Page 116
2.3. Applicative head analyses......Page 117
2.4. The location argument......Page 118
2.5. DOCs minus agentive structure are DECs......Page 123
3. Location doubling and whole-part agreement......Page 126
3.1. More on the cipient-PP location relation......Page 128
3.2. Two indices and cipient anchors......Page 130
3.3. Blocking, repetition and outlook......Page 135
Notes......Page 139
References......Page 145
1. Positions for dative objects of ditransitives......Page 150
1.1. High vs. low datives......Page 151
1.2. Explanations for the existence of two dative positions......Page 153
2.1. Forcing particular interpretations......Page 158
2.2. Zuführen 'deliver' and 'supply'......Page 165
2.4. Distribution of kriegen-passive with respect to interpretation......Page 168
3.1. The Dative Alternation and secondary object in English......Page 171
3.2. Lexical Mapping for the German data......Page 174
3.3. Word order: Why two dative positions?......Page 177
4.1. Norwegian få and predicate composition......Page 181
4.2. Kriegen et al. and predicate composition......Page 182
5. Concluding remarks......Page 186
Notes......Page 187
References......Page 191
1. Introduction......Page 194
2. Syntactic assumptions......Page 195
3. The HAVE relation......Page 197
4. Geben `give'......Page 200
5.1. Pertinence and ficiary datives as event-related and affected......Page 201
5.2. Pertinence and ficiary datives as HAVE subjects......Page 203
6. Privative datives......Page 205
7.1. Embedded VdatP......Page 206
7.2. Recipient constructions with send, sell etc. as resultative constructions......Page 207
7.3. Recipients co-occurring with directional PP complements......Page 209
8. Datives with verb particles and locational HAVE......Page 210
9. Unintentional causer readings of datives with unaccusatives......Page 213
10.1. Probable candidates for a HAVE analysis......Page 214
10.3. Low datives......Page 215
11. Conclusions and problems......Page 217
Notes......Page 218
References......Page 220
1.1. Accessibility Hierarchy and Case Hierarchy......Page 222
1.2. Case......Page 224
1.3. Dative case in German dialects......Page 225
1.4. The data......Page 228
2. Attested relative clause patterns......Page 229
2.1. [+case] strategy in direct object relative clauses......Page 230
2.2. [+case] strategy alternates with [-case] strategy in direct object height8pt depth3pt width0pt relative clauses......Page 231
2.3. [-case] strategy in direct object relative clauses......Page 234
3. Case matching......Page 235
3.1. Case matching in free relative clause formation in Standard German......Page 236
3.2. Case matching in relative clause formation in German dialects......Page 237
5. Conclusion......Page 241
Notes......Page 243
References......Page 246
1. Introduction......Page 248
2.1. The target system......Page 249
2.2. The acquisition of Dative: Literature overview......Page 251
3. Bilingual first language acquisition......Page 254
4. Dative case errors: An analysis of longitudinal data......Page 256
4.1. Longitudinal analysis of the use of the dative case......Page 258
4.2. The use of the dative case and correct reproductions of indirect height8pt depth3pt width0pt object by phases......Page 262
5. Discussion and conclusion......Page 266
Appendix: Tables indicating absolute numbers of dative case errors (Figures 1-5)......Page 269
Notes......Page 275
References......Page 276
Beyond Germanic......Page 278
1. Introduction......Page 280
2.1. The core data: Involuntary states and unintended causations......Page 282
2.2. The distribution of the involuntary state and unintended causation reading......Page 285
3. Other readings of the dative unaccusative construction: height8pt depth3pt width0pt Ambiguity or vagueness?......Page 287
4.2. Kallulli (1999a, b)......Page 291
4.4. Marušic and Žaucer (2004a, 2004b)......Page 292
5.1. A simple event ontology and its syntactic projection......Page 294
5.2. Predicate structure......Page 295
5.3. Defining non-active morphology: Deriving the various constructions height8pt depth3pt width0pt (and their readings)......Page 297
6. Conclusion and open questions......Page 302
Notes......Page 303
References......Page 306
1. Introduction......Page 310
2.1. Overview......Page 311
2.2. Is the dative DP a ``quirky'' subject?......Page 312
2.3. The structure of [dative DP + AP]......Page 317
2.4. Pro in SpecDegP......Page 326
3.1. The semantics of adjectives......Page 328
3.2. The dative DP with adjectives......Page 330
3.3. The dative with comparatives......Page 333
Notes......Page 336
References......Page 338
1. General content of the paper......Page 340
1.1. Problems (i) and (ii) and the language data to be analyzed......Page 341
1.2. Linguistic theories in the light of problems (i) and (ii)......Page 344
2. Japanese......Page 350
3. Chinese......Page 361
4. Tagalog......Page 374
5. Conclusion......Page 383
Notes......Page 384
References......Page 386
Index......Page 392
The series Studies in Language Companion Series......Page 395