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In syntax, '''case assignment''' is used if [[case]] is assigned to an [[argument]] by a [[head]], in particular a [[verb]] or a [[preposition]], or by [[INFL]] (see [[structural case]]). | In syntax, '''case assignment''' is used if [[case]] is assigned to an [[argument]] by a [[head]], in particular a [[verb]] or a [[preposition]], or by [[INFL]] (see [[structural case]]). | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:17, 2 April 2008
In syntax, case assignment is used if case is assigned to an argument by a head, in particular a verb or a preposition, or by INFL (see structural case).
Comments
Such a head is called a case-assigner. V and P assign case to their complement positions, in some languages subject to structural conditions, e.g. government and adjacency. INFL on the other hand assigns case to its specifier (the surface subject) under specifier-head agreement; if INFL is +Tense, the subject is assigned Nominative Case (e.g. he), if INFL is -Tense, it assigns Null Case (the unique property of PRO).
More recently, all structural Case assignment is taken to be a matter of spec,head agreement in a different AGRP for each distinct argument (e.g. AGROP, AGRSP). In order to be assigned structural Case arguments move either overtly or covertly to an appropriate spec, AGRP position.
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Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Chomsky, Noam A. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding. Dordrecht:Foris.
- Chomsky, Noam A. 1986b. Barriers. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
- Chomsky, Noam A. 1993. A Minimalist Program for Linguistic Theory. MIT occasional papers in linguistics, 1-67.
- Chomsky, Noam A. & Lasnik, H. 1993. The theory of principles and parameters. In Syntax: an international handbook of contemporary research. von Stechow, J. Jacobs A., Sternefeld, W. & Vennemann, T. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter. Reprinted in: The minimalist program, ch.1. Chomsky 1995, 13-127. Cambridge MA: MIT Press
Other languages
German Kasuszuweisung
