Abstract:Several studies have drawn attention to the fact that subjecthood is not necessarily associated with nominative case-marking (Andrews 1976, Þráinsson 1979, Zaenen, Maling & Þráinsson 1985, Sigurðsson 1989, inter alia).1 This article seeks to contribute to the study of non-canonically case marked subjects by zooming in on nominative-dative verbs in Present-Day with a subject-like oblique argument (henceforth: impersonal dative-nominative verbs). The aim of this article is twofold. First, I present an exhaus… Show more
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