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Case and the syntax of argument indexation : Sorani Kurdish and beyond /

This text draws on data from Sorani Kurdish to present an analysis of argument indexation, the process by which arguments in a clause are coindexed with grammatical markers that bear their features. This novel analysis is shown to have broader implications, particularly for theories of case assignme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akkus, Faruk (Author), Embick, David, 1970- (Author), Salih, Mohammed A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 88.
Subjects:
Kurdish language > Case.
Kurdish language > Syntax.
Kurdish language
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • General preface
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 The analysis of (split-)indexation: Three themes
  • 1.1.1 Case features and Case Targeting
  • 1.1.2 MS operations and MP packaging
  • 1.1.3 Alignment and indexation: Beyond NOM/ACC versus ERG/ABS
  • 1.2 The analysis of Sorani indexation: (In)transitive clauses
  • 1.3 Further components of the analysis
  • 1.3.1 Possessors and arguments of prepositions
  • 1.3.2 Non-canonical subjects
  • 1.3.3 Passivization of ditransitives
  • 1.4 Theoretical conclusions and implications
  • 1.4.1 Case features
  • 1.4.2 Case Targeting
  • 1.4.3 MS/MP mismatches
  • 1.4.4 Future directions: Case assignment
  • 1.5 Plan
  • 2 Theoretical background and preliminaries
  • 2.1 General framework
  • 2.2 Alignment: An introduction
  • 2.3 Case and Case Targeting
  • 2.3.1 Case features
  • 2.3.2 Case discrimination Case Targeting
  • 2.4 Case and indexation: Initial illustrations from Indo-Aryan
  • 2.4.1 Hindi: Agreement targeting a specific feature
  • 2.4.2 Nepali: Case features and syncretisms
  • 2.4.3 Gujarati: More features versus further action in the morphology
  • 2.4.4 Maithili: The transmission of case features
  • 2.5 Summary
  • 3 Sorani Kurdish: The basics
  • 3.1 Sorani Kurdish: Some basics
  • 3.2 Basic syntax
  • 3.2.1 Clause structure
  • 3.2.2 Word order
  • 3.3 Subjecthood
  • 3.4 Summary
  • 4 Alignment and indexation in transitive (and intransitive) clauses
  • 4.1 Indexation and alignment
  • 4.2 Argument indexers and their corresponding arguments
  • 4.3 Case features
  • 4.4 Mechanics of indexation in Standard Sorani Kurdish (SSK)
  • 4.5 Indexation and alignment in Garmiani Kurdish (GK)
  • 4.6 Morphophonological realization
  • 4.7 Further comparative observations
  • 4.8 Summary
  • 5 Alignment and indexation beyond simple (in)transitives
  • 5.1 Possessors and prepositional arguments
  • 5.1.1 External possession
  • 5.1.2 P(repositional)-arguments
  • 5.1.3 Synthesis
  • 5.2 Non-canonical subject constructions
  • 5.2.1 Non-canonical subjects of the want type
  • 5.2.2 Clausal possession
  • 5.2.3 Interim summary
  • 5.3 Ergative case in the passivization of ditransitives
  • 5.3.1 Basic facts
  • 5.3.2 Structure of the IO passive
  • 5.3.3 Interim summary
  • 5.4 Case assignment in IO passives and possessives: Some remarks
  • 5.5 Summary
  • 5.6 Three comparative studies
  • 5.6.1 Comparison: External possession in Laki
  • 5.6.2 Comparison: Clausal possession across Iranian
  • 5.6.3 Comparison: Oblique subjects in Modern Persian
  • 6 Discussion
  • 6.1 Case features
  • 6.1.1 Sorani in review: The nature and role of case features
  • 6.1.2 Case representation
  • 6.1.3 Summary
  • 6.2 Case Targeting: Comparison with alternatives
  • 6.2.1 Height-only: Problems in Sorani in review