Holvoet Axel, Nau Nicole (eds.) Grammatical Relations and their Non-Canonical Encoding in Baltic

John Benjamins. Amsterdam / Philadelphia. 2014. — 378 pages. — (Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic, Vol. 1) — ISBN: 9027259097; ISBN13: 9789027259097This is the first of three volumes dealing with clausal architecture, grammatical relations, case-marking and the syntax–semantics interface in Baltic. It focuses on the grammatical relations of subject and object and the viability of these notions in languages like Lithuanian and Latvian, which have a rich case morphology and show many deviations from the canonical nominative-accusative pattern of case-marking.The issues examined include differential object marking, subjecthood in specificational copular constructions, ‘swarm’-type alternations and what they tell us about grammatical relations, special types of subject and object marking in non-finite clauses, and non-canonical grammatical relations induced by modal predicates. One study provides a comparative outlook towards Icelandic, another language noted for its complex marking of grammatical relations. The articles in the volume represent various theoretical frameworks.Argument marking and grammatical relations in Baltic: An overview
Case and word order in Lithuanian infinitival clauses revisited
Non-canonical grammatical relations in a modal construction: The Latvian debitive
Alternations in argument realization and problematic cases of subjecthood in Lithuanian
Subjecthood in specificational copular constructions in Lithuanian
Differential object marking in Latgalian
The independent partitive genitive in Lithuanian
On the non-canonical marking of the highest-ranking argument in Lithuanian and Icelandic: Steps toward a database