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1、 Henry Smith here develops a theory of syntactic case and examines its synchronic and diachronic consequences. Within a unification- based framework, the book draws out pervasive patterns in the relationship between morphosyntax (“linking“) and grammatical function. The the- ory proposed consists of
2、 three ordered constraints on the association of NPs and arguments, based on the central notion of “restrictiveness.“ Beginning with a detailed study of dative substitution in Icelandic, the author moves on to examine a wide array of synchronic and diachronic data and to construct a typology of case
3、. Theoretically innovative and sophisticated, and descriptively wide- ranging, this book will appeal to all those interested in the cross- linguistic marking of case and the ways in which case systems may change over time. CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS General Editors: s. R. ANDERSON, J. BRESNAN,
4、 B. COMRIE, W. DRESSLER, R. HUDDLESTON, R. LASS, D. LIGHTFOOT, J. LYONS, P. H. MATTHEWS, R. POSNER, S. ROMAINE, N. V. SMITH, N. VINCENT Restrictiveness in case theory In this series 52 MICHAEL s. ROCHEMONT and PETER w. CULICOVER: English focus constructions and the theory of grammar 53 PHILIP CARR:
5、Linguistic realities: an autonomist metatheory for the generative enterprise 54 EVE SWEETSER: From etymology to pragmatics: metaphorical and cultural aspects of semantic structure 55 REGINA BLASS: Relevance relations in discourse: a study with special reference to Sissala 56 ANDREW CHESTERMAN: On de
6、finiteness: a study with special reference to English and Finnish 57 ALESSANDRA GIORGI and GIUSEPPE LONGOBARDI: The syntax of noun phrases: configura- tion, parameters and empty categories 58 MONIK CHARETTE: Conditions on phonological government 59 M. H. KLAIMAN: Grammatical voice 60 SARAH M. B. FAG
7、AN: The syntax and semantics of middle constructions: a study with special reference to German 61 ANJUM p. SALEEMI: Universal Grammar and language learnability 62 STEPHEN R. ANDERSON: A-Morphous Morphology 63 LESLEY STIRLING: Switch reference and discourse representation 64 HENK J. VERKUYL: A theory
8、 of aspectuality: the interaction between temporal and atem- poral structure 65 EVE v. CLARK: The lexicon in acquisition 66 ANTHONY R. WARNER: English auxiliaries: structure and history 67 p. H. MATTHEWS: Grammatical theory in the United States from Bloomfield to Chomsky 68 LJILJANA PROGOVAC: Negati
9、ve and positive polarity: a binding approach 69 R. M. w. DIXON: Ergativity 70 YAN HUANG: The syntax and pragmatics of anaphora 71 KNUD LAMBRECHT: Information structure and sentence form: Topic, focus, and the mental representations of discourse referents 72 LUIGI BURZIO: Principles of English stress
10、 73 JOHN A. HAWKINS: A performance theory of order and constituency 74 ALICE c. HARRIS and LYLE CAMPBELL: Historical syntax in cross- linguistic perspective 75 LILIANE HAEGEMAN: The syntax of negation 76 PAUL GORRELL: Syntax and parsing 77 GUGLIELMO CINQUE: Italian syntax and Universal Grammar 78 HE
11、NRY SMITH: Restrictiveness in case theory Supplementary volumes MICHEAL o. SIADHAIL: Modern Irish: grammatical structure and dialectal variation ANNICK DE HOUWER: The acquisition of two languages from birth: a case study LILIANE HAEGEMAN: Theory and description in generative syntax: A case study in
12、West Flemish A. E. BACKHOUSE: The lexical field of taste: A semantic study of Japanese taste terms NIKOLAUS RITT: Quantity adjustment: Vowel lengthening and shortening in early Middle English Earlier issues not listed are also available RESTRICTIVENESS IN CASE THEORY HENRY SMITH CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
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14、itle: www.cambridge.org/9780521462877 Cambridge University Press 1996 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University
15、Press. First published 1996 This digitally printed first paperback version 2006 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Smith, Henry. Restrictiveness in case theory / Henry Smith. p. cm - (Cambridge studies in
16、linguistics) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0 521 46287 8 (hardback) I. Grammar, Comparative and general - case. I. Title. II. Series. P240.6.S64 1996 415-dc20 95- 32776 CIP ISBN- 13 978- 0- 521- 46287- 7 hardback ISBN- 10 0- 521- 46287- 8 hardback ISBN- 13 978- 0- 521- 02655- 0 paperback ISBN- 10 0- 521- 02655- 5 paperback For Sun- Joo Contents 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 A cknowledgemen ts Introduction Preliminaries Theoretic
