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The syntax of the BE-possessive : parametric variation and surface diversities /

This book is the first attempt to provide a unified account of the be-possessive syntax and its extension to the modal and the perfect constructions in Russian/North Russian within a generative framework. Apparently diverse constructions are construed as deriving from the have/be parameter, which de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jung, Hakyung
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 172.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Parametric variation in synchrony and dischrony
  • ch. 2. The syntax of the BE-possessive in Russian
  • ch. 3. The consequences of the BE-possessive structure : modal and perfect
  • ch. 4. The BE-perfect and ergativity in North Russian
  • ch. 5. Microvariation in case and agreement
  • ch. 6. Thematic feature reduction : the historical extension of the syntax of the BE-possessive to the BE-modal
  • ch. 7. Thematic feature reduction : the development of the -nol -to perfect
  • ch. 8. Conclusion.