For the sake of an argument. Grammatical relations and argument selectors in Baltic: A review article

Eitan Grossman

doi:10.32798/bl.373

Published: 2018-12-31

Vol. 9 (2018)

For the sake of an argument. Grammatical relations and argument selectors in Baltic

Eitan Grossman

Baltic Linguistics

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.32798/bl.373

A review article

Abstract

Axel Holvoet & Nicole Nau, eds., Argument Realization in Baltic. (Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic, 3) Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2016. viii + 560 p. ISBN (hardback): 9789027259110, ISBN (e-book): 9789027267535

This volume is the third in the series Valency, Argument Realization and Gram-matical Relations in Baltic. It comprises thirteen articles, the majority of which are devoted to case and case alternations, with several articles dealing with top-ics such as secondary predicates, applicative and causative constructions, and nominalizations. In this review, I summarize and discuss each of the articles in turn, and conclude with some general comments.

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review, Argument Realization in Baltic

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