Two representations of case

Evidence from numerals and relatives

Bibliographic Data

ID22130537
AuthorsAnna Grabovac (University College London, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume7
Issue1
Publication date2022-01-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlossa a journal of general linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2397-1835 • E-ISSN: 2397-1835
PublisherOpen Library of the Humanities (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.16995/glossa.5822
OpenAlexW4200425183
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

This paper highlights a fundamental tension between the representations required for case syncretism versus the representations required for case priority. Case syncretism is captured with a feature decomposition based on the patterns established in Caha 2009. However, a different decomposition is required for case priority relations, which are instantiated in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS) numeral constructions and in BCS and German relative constructions. The paper proposes that this conflict can be resolved by introducing two levels of representation into the case system: priority is determined by set structures in the syntax, while syncretism is analyzed following a post-syntactic unification operation

Bosnian · German · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Numeral system · Political science · Predicative expression · Programming language · Schwa · Serbian · Syntax · Unification · Computer Science · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

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