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Subjects, topics and the accusative case alternation in Finnish. A discourse-related “split” account of the Subject function

Lingua, 2021
This article investigates the morpho-syntactic and discourse properties of preverbal constituents in Finnish, providing a new interpretation of the distinction between Subjects and Topics, as well as an explanation for the Case forms that characterize ...
Mara Frascarelli
exaly   +2 more sources

A case for syntactic case: the accusative in Tundra Yukaghir

Morphology, 2019
This paper provides a description of the Accusative case in Tundra Yukaghir. Contrary to the previous analyses, I argue that Tundra Yukaghir has a syntactic Accusative case that is realised by two dedicated morphological forms, the distribution of which depends on a complex network of lexical specifications, the semantics of the NP and its structural ...
D. Matić
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Accusative case, possessive structure and grammaticalization

Journal of Uralic Linguistics
Abstract Hungarian reflexives and 1 sg and 2 sg object pronouns have a possessive origin, and, together with 1 sg and 2 sg possessive noun phrases ...
György Rákosi
exaly   +2 more sources

On the deletion of accusative case markers in Japanese

Studia Linguistica, 2001
The Japanese accusative case marker o cannot be deleted arbitrarily; rather, it seems that the deletion of o, that is, the use of ZERO, is governed by certain factors. For some languages, it is claimed that both animacy and definiteness play an important role in the accusative case marking system.
Hiroshi Minashima
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Accusative Case

Intermediate Ancient Greek Language, 2021
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Nouns: accusative case

2020
T. Filosofova
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The subject agreement–accusative case connection in Turkish

, 2011
This article is on the relationship between case and agreement. A noun phrase is assigned the structural case that it bears through agreement with a functional head.
Cem Keskin
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

The Finnish accusative: Long-distance case assignment under agreement

Linguistics, 2014
Pauli Brattico, Anne Vainikka
exaly   +2 more sources

Accusative Case and Aspect

2006
Anikó Csirmaz
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Production, comprehension and repetition of accusative case by monolingual Russian and bilingual Russian-Dutch and Russian-Hebrew-speaking children

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2019
The present study explores the acquisition of the Russian accusative [acc] case inflections in two groups of bilingual children (Russian-Dutch and Russian-Hebrew) who acquire Russian as their Heritage Language (HL) and two groups of monolingual Russian ...
Bibi E. Janssen, Natalia Meir
semanticscholar   +1 more source