Case and the Syntax of Argument Indexation
Sorani Kurdish and Beyond
Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics; 88;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 July 2025
- ISBN 9780198962281
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
This book 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 assignment.
MoreLong description:
This book presents an analysis of argument indexation, the process by which arguments in a clause are coindexed with grammatical markers that bear their features. The main case study is based on varieties of Sorani Kurdish (in the Iranian language family), whose indexation properties interact with an alignment split of the type often called 'split Ergative.' From this, the authors develop a more general theory that can be applied to many other languages. A key line of argument is that agreement and clitic movement operations target specific cases, in a process called 'Case Targeting'. The approach further hypothesizes that case labels like 'Nominative', 'Ergative', and so on are shorthand for decomposed feature bundles. It is these features that are targeted by syntactic operations (agreement and movement). In addition to requiring Case Targeting, the analysis of Sorani implies that syntactic operations (agreement, clitic movement) and their morphophonological reflexes may be mismatched: agreement and movement can both produce affixes and clitics, contrary to many views of morphosyntax/morphophonology relations. The book offers a detailed exploration of the implications of this approach, particularly for theories of case assignment.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction
Theoretical background and preliminaries
Sorani Kurdish: The basics
Alignment and indexation in transitive (and intransitive) clauses
Alignment and indexation beyond simple (in)transitives
Discussion
Appendix A: Key tables
Appendix B: Verb paradigms
