Wierzbicka, Anna (1980). The case for surface case. Ann Arbor: Karoma.
Abstract:
This volume, a pioneering work in the forefront of theoretical debate, reviews the different perspectives – traditional, structural, and transformational – from which case has been viewed in Chomskyan and post-Chomskyan models and argues for a model of linguistic description that makes it possible to demonstrate the rationale behind the apparent chaos of case usage in rigorous and verifiable ways. The work is of immediate concern to those who regard passivization, ergativity, and deixis as controversial, given the restrictive linearity of the transformational paradigm.
Translations:
Into Russian (pp. XI-XIX, 1-27, 95-109, 147-152, 155-162 only) as:
Chapter 8 (pp. 255-301) of Вежбицкая, Анна (2011), Семантические универсалии и базисные концепты [Semantic universals and basic concepts]. Москва [Moscow]: Языки славянских культуры [Languages of Slavic Culture].
Rating:
Research carried out by one or more experienced NSM practitioners
