Variation in Datives collects new research on the nature of syntactic micro-variation in datives. The papers in this volume examine different aspects of internal variation in dative marking, such as agreement and case alternations, distribution of adpositional structures and dative case-marking, the different structural positions of dative arguments and their semantic contribution, and patterns of syncretism in the clitic and/or agreement system. Interest in these topics has grown significantly in the past 20 years. Variation in Datives makes a significant contribution to our understanding of language variation, as it adds the micro-comparative perspective to the general discussion and includes 10 new articles on a wide range of European languages, including Greek, Basque, Icelandic, and Serbo-Croatian.Variation in Datives will appeal to scholars and advanced students of syntax, linguistic variation, and especially syntactic micro-variation.

ContentsIntroductionBeatriz Fern?ndez and Ricardo Etxepare1. Evaluative reflexions: evaluative dative reflexive in South East Serbo-CroatianArsenijevic Boban (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)2. Core and non-core datives in FrenchNora Boneh and L?a Nash (The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem / Univ. of Paris VIII)3. Datives and adpositions in North-Eastern BasqueEtxepare Ricardo and Bernard Oyhar?abal (IKER)4. Case in disguiseFreyr Sigur?sson, Einar and Hl?f ?rnad?ttir (Univ.of Iceland)5. Dative vs. accusative and the nature of non-structural caseG?sli J?nsson, J?hannes (Univ. of Iceland)6. Ideal speakers and other speakers. The case of dative and some other casesH?skuldur Thra?nsson (Univ. of Iceland)7. Dative versus feminine: The syntax of a syncretism patternLeu Tom (Yale University)8. Syntactic micro-variation: Dative constructions in GreekMichelioudakis, Dimitris and Ioanna Sitaridou (Univ. of Cambridge)9. Dative displacement in BasqueRezac, Milan and Beatriz Fern?ndez (Univ. of Paris VIII / UPV/EHU)10. Accusative feminine dativesRomero Juan (Univ. of C?ceres)