Double Case: Agreement By Suffixaufnahme Hardcover

Frans Plank

This is a collection of previously unpublished essays on an unusual and little known pattern of case agreement in the noun phrase. The contributors examine the pattern as it occurs in a wide variety of languages. The volume will be the definitive comparative study of a phenomenon not previously studied in any comprehensive way.

9780195087758

English

Oxford University Press Inc

01-06-1997

516

this book advances our knowledge about noun-phrase structure considerably, mainly through an in-depth examination of little-known data from little-known languages that has repercussions on our understanding of more familiar patterns ... The comprehensive survey of diverse adnominal possessive constructions in Plank's introduction and the data of the other contributions undoubtedly constitute an important achievement in linguistic typology which will be an indispensable reference for future work on NP syntax ... It is only through typological work like this that we can begin to answer questions about cross-linguistic preferences and address the deeper issues behind them ... may well become another milestone in typology. * Martin Haspelmath, Freie Universitat Berlin, Linguistics 35 (1997) * Plank deserves our thanks for putting together a solid, readable reference on the topic. * Barry J. Blake, La Trobe University, Linguistics, Vol. 33 - 1997 *