[PDF] The Acquisition Of Differential Object Marking eBook

Author : Alexandru Mardale
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027261091

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Differential Object marking (DOM), a linguistic phenomenon in which a direct object is morphologically marked for semantic and pragmatic reasons, has attracted the attention of several subfields of linguistics in the past few years. DOM has evolved diachronically in many languages, whereas it has disappeared from others; it is easily acquired by monolingual children, but presents high instability and variability in bilingual acquisition and language contact situations. This edited collection contributes to further our understanding of the nature and development of DOM in the languages of the world, in acquisition, and in language contact, variation, and change. The thirteen chapters in this volume present new empirical data from Estonian, Spanish, Turkish, Korean, Hindi, Romanian and Basque in different acquisition contexts and learner populations. They also bring together multiple theoretical and methodological perspectives to account for the complexity and dynamicity of this widespread linguistic phenomenon.

Author : Olga Kagan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 110841642X

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Based on data from a wide range of languages, the book discusses the ways in which case interacts with meaning.

Author : Peter de Swart
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 12,4 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN :

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This dissertation shows how languages differ in their morphosyntactic sensitivity to variations in the semantics of direct objects. Whereas some languages reflect semantic changes of the direct object in its marking others do not. As a result, we observe mismatches between semantic and morphosyntactic transitivity in the latter type of languages. This becomes particularly clear in a detailed study of the cognate object construction in English. Besides, this dissertation shows that a cross-linguistically uniform phenomenon can be driven by various motivations. This is demonstrated for differential object marking, a cross-linguistically recurrent phenomenon in which direct objects are overtly case marked depending on their semantic features. Two factors appear to govern differential object marking cross-linguistically: prominence-based marking and recoverability of grammatical roles. For some languages only one of these factors can be identified to be of importance, but in other languages, they are simultaneously responsible for object marking. In order to accommodate the full pattern of differential object marking, a bidirectional optimality-theoretic model is developed in which speakers take into account the perspective of the hearer. By doing so, this study shows how typological and optimality theoretical insights can be combined in order to gain more insight in the interaction of the universal principles that guide the marking of direct objects in natural language.

Author : Patrick Brandt
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027255490

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What happens when a canonically transitive form meets a canonically transitive meaning, and what happens when this doesn t happen? How do dyadic forms relate to monadic ones, and what are the entailments of the operations that the grammar uses to relate one to the other? Collecting original expert work from acquisition, processing, typological and theoretical syntax-semantics research, this volume provides a state of the art as well as cutting edge discussion of central issues in the realm of Transitivity. These include the definition and role of "Natural Transitivity," the interpretation and repercussions of valency changing operations and differential case marking, and the interactions between (in)transitive Gestalts in different categories and at different levels of representation."

Author : Silvina Montrul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,27 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107007240

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An authoritative overview of research into heritage language acquisition, covering key terminological and empirical issues, theoretical approaches, and research methodologies.

Author : Alexandru Nicolae
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 30,74 MB
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027258422

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This volume contains a selection of 18 peer-reviewed papers presented at the 31st edition of Going Romance. Phenomena found in Romance languages (European Portuguese, French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian), in Romance dialects (Cosentino, Salentino, southern Calabrese, Neapolitan, and Trevigiano), and even in creoles with a Romance lexifier (Makista and Kristang) either benefit from in-depth analyses confined to one single variety, or are subjected to comparative analysis (dialect vs standard language, dialect vs different major language(s), cross-dialectal comparison, cross-Romance comparison, and even comparison of language families). Theoretical and experimental approaches complement one another, as do diachrony and synchrony. Individually and as a whole, these contributions show how the Romance languages contribute to a better understanding of issues which are relevant in the current linguistic landscape: acquisition, n-words, ellipsis phenomena, focus and polarity, ditransitive constructions, grammaticalization theory, differential object marking, language ecology, event structure, cyclicity, passives and many more.

Author : Marianne Hundt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 38,97 MB
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107086868

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Experts from psycholinguistics and English historical linguistics address core factors in language change.

Author : Virginia Hill
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780191925337

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This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the origins, development, and stabilization of differential object marking (DOM) in Romanian. It shows that Romanian DOM is a combination of Balkan and Romance patterns, and sheds light on existing typological approaches.

Author : Mary Dalrymple
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,20 MB
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521199859

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A cross-linguistic study of how objects are affected by information structure.