Differential Object Marking and Nominal Licensing Değişken Nesne Belirleme ve Ad Lisanslama
Dilbilim Arastirmalari Dergisi, cilt.34, sa.1, ss.27-56, 2023 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.18492/dad.1213001
- Dergi Adı: Dilbilim Arastirmalari Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.27-56
- Anahtar Kelimeler: differential object marking, nominal licensing, split ergativity
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This paper presents a novel account of Differential Object Marking as an instance of case assigned by a post-syntactic Agree-Case operation that transduces agreement relations established in the syntax by marking the goal rather than the probe. In this sense, it is a modern interpretation of Nichols’ (1986) Head-Marking and Dependent Marking dichotomy. Analyzing the intricate details of Differential Object Marking in Kashmiri, I show that not all but some nominals need licensing under well-defined syntactic configurations. Building on Kalin's (2018) observation that Person Case Constraint (PCC) and Differential Object Marking occur in similar configurations, I argue that PCC is observed in languages that do not have an Agree-Case mechanism.