2023
A default theory of default case
CAHA, PavelBasic information
Original name
A default theory of default case
Authors
CAHA, Pavel
Edition
GLOW 46, Vienna, 12. 4. 2023, 2023
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Presentations at conferences
Country of publisher
Austria
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
References:
Organization
Filozofická fakulta – Repository – Repository
Keywords in English
clitics; strong pronouns; syncretism; default case
Links
GF23-04856K, research and development project.
Changed: 23/2/2024 03:36, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík
Abstract
V originále
Schütze (2001) argues that UG makes use of the so‐called Default Case (DEF). The notion refers to “case forms used to spell out nominals that do not receive a case specification in the syntax”. The current paper presents a theory of Default Case in Schütze’s spirit, but one that is more restrictive in terms of the case values allowed for Default Case and its syntactic distribution. A crucial part of the proposal is the idea that English distinguishes between strong and clitic forms of pronouns, and that pronouns such as "me" are three-way ambiguous (clitic accusative, strong accusative/nominative).
