Henry Smith develops a theory of syntactic case and examines its synchronic and diachronic consequences. Within a unification-based framework, he draws out pervasive patterns in the relationship between morphosyntax "linking" and grammatical function. Beginning with a detailed study of dative substitution in Icelandic, the author moves on to examine a wide array of synchronic and diachronic data and to construct a typology of case.

100 SUBSTITUTION TABLES. HAROLD E. PALMER. Cambridge : W. HEFFER & SONS LTD. London Agents: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO. LTD. 1916 theory & practice