Tense, aspect, and mood based differential case marking

The aim of this article is to account for tense/aspect and mood based differential subject and object marking. We propose an analysis in terms of an optimization procedure between two general potentially conflicting constraints, the faithfulness constraint Identify, which requires the A and the P ar...

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Published in:Lingua 2011, Vol.121 (1), p.35-47
Main Authors: Malchukov, Andrej L., de Hoop, Helen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aspect
Markedness
Mood
Optimality theory
Tense
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Summary:The aim of this article is to account for tense/aspect and mood based differential subject and object marking. We propose an analysis in terms of an optimization procedure between two general potentially conflicting constraints, the faithfulness constraint Identify, which requires the A and the P argument to be identified, either by case or by the context, and the markedness constraint Economy, which penalizes case marking.
ISSN:0024-3841
1872-6135
DOI:10.1016/j.lingua.2010.07.003