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 theory proposed consists of 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. 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.
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