Deconstructing Ergativity

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Deconstructing Ergativity

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Author : Maria Polinsky
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-01

Deconstructing Ergativity written by Maria Polinsky and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Nominative-accusative and ergative are two common alignment types found across languages. In the former type, the subject of an intransitive verb and the subject of a transitive verb are expressed the same way, and differently from the object of a transitive. In ergative languages, the subject of an intransitive and the object of a transitive appear in the same form, the absolutive, and the transitive subject has a special, ergative, form. Ergative languages often follow very different patterns, thus evading a uniform description and analysis. A simple explanation for that has to do with the idea that ergative languages, much as their nominative-accusative counterparts, do not form a uniform class. In this book, Maria Polinsky argues that ergative languages instantiate two main types, the one where the ergative subject is a prepositional phrase (PP-ergatives) and the one with a noun-phrase ergative. Each type is internally consistent and is characterized by a set of well-defined properties. The book begins with an analysis of syntactic ergativity, which as Polinsky argues, is a manifestation of the PP-ergative type. Polinsky discusses diagnostic properties that define PPs in general and then goes to show that a subset of ergative expressions fit the profile of PPs. Several alternative analyses have been proposed to account for syntactic ergativity; the book presents and outlines these analyses and offers further considerations in support of the PP-ergativity approach. The book then discusses the second type, DP-ergative languages, and traces the diachronic connection between the two types. The book includes two chapters illustrating paradigm PP-ergative and DP-ergative languages: Tongan and Tsez. The data used in these descriptions come from Polinsky's original fieldwork hence presenting new empirical facts from both languages.

The History And Typology Of Western Austronesian Voice Systems

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Author : Fay Wouk
language : en
Publisher: Pacific Linguistics
Release Date : 2002

The History And Typology Of Western Austronesian Voice Systems written by Fay Wouk and has been published by Pacific Linguistics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Austronesian languages categories.

Linguistics

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

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Proceedings Of The Annual Meeting Of The Berkeley Linguistics Society

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Author : Berkeley Linguistics Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

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Lacus Forum

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Author : Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

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Verbal Projections In Basque And Minimal Structure

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Author : Xabier Artiagoitia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995

Verbal Projections In Basque And Minimal Structure written by Xabier Artiagoitia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Basque language categories.

Language

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995

Language written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Comparative linguistics categories.

Language Sciences

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

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Proceedings Of The Annual High Desert Linguistics Society Conference

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Author : High Desert Linguistics Society. Conference
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

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Studies In Language

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

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