CONTENTS
List of figures
List of tables
Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition List of abbreviations
1 Overview
1.1 Inflectional case
1.2 Other manifestations
1.3 Competing mechanisms
2 Problems in describing case systems
2.1 The traditional analysis
2.2 Distinguishing cases
2.3 Meanings and functions
3 Modern approaches to case
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Grammatical relations
3.3 Abstract case
3.4 Semantic roles and grammatical relations
3.5 Hierarchies
4 Distribution of case marking
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Within the clause
4.3 Within the noun phrase
4.4 Within the word
4.5 Within the subordinate clause
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5 Survey of case marking 118
5.1 Introduction 118
5.2 Organisation of the core 118
5.3 Dative 142
5.4 Genitive 149
5.5 Partitive 151
5.6 Local cases 151
5.7 Other cases 154
5.8 Inflectional case hierarchy 155
6 Life cycle of case systems 161
6.1 Origin 161
6.2 Developments within case systems 167
6.3 Loss of case marking 175
6.4 Derived functions of case marking 180
6.5 Finale 183
Notes 184 Guide to terminology 195 Guide to further reading 207 References 208 Author index 219 Language index 222 Subject index 225