Grabovac, A;
(2022)
Two representations of case: Evidence from numerals and relatives.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics
, 7
(1)
pp. 1-18.
10.16995/glossa.5822.
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Abstract
This paper highlights a fundamental tension between the representations required for case syncretism versus the representations required for case priority. Case syncretism is captured with a feature decomposition based on the patterns established in Caha 2009. However, a different decomposition is required for case priority relations, which are instantiated in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS) numeral constructions and in BCS and German relative constructions. The paper proposes that this conflict can be resolved by introducing two levels of representation into the case system: priority is determined by set structures in the syntax, while syncretism is analyzed following a post-syntactic unification operation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Two representations of case: Evidence from numerals and relatives |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.16995/glossa.5822 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.16995/glossa.5822 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, case priority, case syncretism, relatives, numeral constructions |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10141993 |
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