On why there is no partitive case

CAHA, Pavel. On why there is no partitive case. In Colloquium Romanistische Linguistik, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt. 2019.

Basic information

Original name

On why there is no partitive case

Authors

CAHA, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Colloquium Romanistische Linguistik, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, 2019

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Vyžádané přednášky

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00107249

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

partitive; syncretism; linear contiguity

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Abstract

V originále

In the talk, I address the behaviour of the partitive case in numerical constructions in Estonian. The specific fact to be explained is the interaction between the partitive marking of the numeral´s complement, and the larger phrasal syntax of the numerical phrase, which sometimes leads to the elimination of the partitive marking. I shall present an analysis in terms of ellipsis: the partitive marking is eliminated if the external case is 'large enough' to make the deletion of the partitive recoverable. This analysis, as we shall see, leads to an apparent paradox for the *ABA property of case paradigms, and can only be resolved if "partitive" is not a case at all, but rather a (misleading) descriptive name for a combination of two different cases, one stacked on top of the other.

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Links

GA17-10144S, research and development project

Name: Lineární kontiguita v jazyce Investor: Czech Science Foundation