The Role of Case in Adpositional Phrases (Czech, Slavic and beyond)

CAHA, Pavel. The Role of Case in Adpositional Phrases (Czech, Slavic and beyond). In Linguistics in Göttingen colloquium, 22. 6. 2016, Göttingen. 2016.

Basic information

• Original name: The Role of Case in Adpositional Phrases (Czech, Slavic and beyond)
• Name in Czech: Pád v předložkových frázích (čeština, slovanština a dál)
• Authors: CAHA, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Linguistics in Göttingen colloquium, 22. 6. 2016, Göttingen, 2016.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Requested lectures
• Field of Study: 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
• Country of publisher: Germany
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/16:00091654
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): pád; předložka
• Keywords in English: case; preposition
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

Both in traditional and generative theories (even descriptions), adpositions are usually assumed to mark their complements for case. In the talk, I show that this view leads to a paradox in understanding the diachronic development of case in Slavic (as reflected by current differences between South vs. East/West Slavic). Reporting on work by Joost Zwarts, we will see the very same paradox in the formal semantic composition of PPs. The alternative I am going to argue for is that case marking applies to a whole PP (composed of an adposition and its complement).

Links

• MUNI/A/0863/2015, interní kód MU: Name: Čeština v jednotě synchronie a diachronie - 2016

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A