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A default theory of default case

CAHA, Pavel

Basic 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

Prezentace na konferencích

Country of publisher

Austria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Organization

Filozofická fakulta – Repository – Repository

Keywords in English

clitics; strong pronouns; syncretism; default case

Links

GF23-04856K, research and development project.
Změněno: 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).

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