Ergativity And Causativity

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Ergativity And Causativity

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Author : Regina Männle
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2008-08

Ergativity And Causativity written by Regina Männle and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Freiburg (English Department), course: The Syntax and Semantics of the English Verb Phrase, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The term 'ergativity' is used to describe a grammatical pattern in which there is a formal parallel between the object of a transitive clause and the subject of an intransitive clause. The subject of the transitive clause, however, is treated differently. Dixon, in his standard survey of ergativity, uses the following symbols for these three elements: S = intransitive subject, A = transitive subject, and O = transitive object (1994:6). Initially, the term 'ergativity' was only associated with case marking on constituents of a noun phrase. Manning summarises this as folllows: "The more patient-like argument of a transitive verb appears in the same absolutive case as the single argument of an intransitive verb, while the more agent-like argument of a transitive verb is marked differently, in what is known as the ergative case" (1996: 3). Thus, ergativity is the counterpiece to accusativity, where one case is employed for the intransitive (S) and the transitive subject (A) (nominative) and another case marks the transitive object (O) (accusative). The term 'ergativity' derives from the Greek words ergon 'work, deed' and ergátēs 'doer (of an action)' (Bussmann 1996: 151) and thus relates to the active - the "more agent-like" - member of the pair involved in a transitive structure. Dixon states that the first use of this term was in 1912 in a study on the Dagestanian language Rutul (1994: 3).

Lexical Perspectives On Transitivity And Ergativity

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Author : Maarten Lemmens
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1998-10-15

Lexical Perspectives On Transitivity And Ergativity written by Maarten Lemmens and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Fusing insights from cognitive grammar, systemic-functional grammar and Government & Binding, the present work elaborates and refines Davidse’s view that the English grammar of lexical causatives is governed by the transitive and ergative paradigms, two distinct models of causation (Davidse 1991, 1992). However, on the basis of extensive synchronic and diachronic data on verbs of killing (e.g. kill, execute, choke or drown), it is shown that ‘transitivity’ and ‘ergativity’ are not absolute but prototypical characteristics of verbs which may be overruled by the semantics of the construal in which they occur. The variable transitive or ergative character of the verbs reveals the complex interaction between the semantics of the construction and that of the verb. The diachronic analyses further illustrate how in the course of time verbs may change their paradigmatic properties, either temporarily (e.g. the ergativization of strangle, throttle and smother) or permanently (e.g. the ‘causativization’ of starve or the partial transitivization of abort). The analyses show that these changes are semantically well-motivated and further illustrate the cognitive reality of the two causative models. The work explores the experiential basis of the prototypical paradigmatic behaviour of verbs (e.g. the ergative predilection of the SUFFOCATE verbs). In addition, it attempts to shed more light on the semantics and restrictions of certain constructions, such as the medio-passive, the derivation of adjectives in –able, or the derivation of agentive nominals in –er.

The Syntax Of Igbo Causatives

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Author : Ogbonna Ndubuisi Anyanwu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

The Syntax Of Igbo Causatives written by Ogbonna Ndubuisi Anyanwu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Igbo language categories.

The Linguist S Linguist

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Author : Fabrice Cavoto
language : en
Publisher: Lincom
Release Date : 2002

The Linguist S Linguist written by Fabrice Cavoto and has been published by Lincom this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Ergativity And Balinese Syntax

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Author : Ketut Artawa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

Ergativity And Balinese Syntax written by Ketut Artawa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Balinese language categories.

On The Nature Of Ergativity

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Author : Beth Carol Levin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

On The Nature Of Ergativity written by Beth Carol Levin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Grammar, Comparative and general categories.

Studies In Ergativity

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Author : Robert M. W. Dixon
language : en
Publisher: North Holland
Release Date : 1987

Studies In Ergativity written by Robert M. W. Dixon and has been published by North Holland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Studies In Linguistics

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Studies In Linguistics written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Linguistics categories.

Pragmatism And Grammatical Theory

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Author : Glenn Richard Butterton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

Pragmatism And Grammatical Theory written by Glenn Richard Butterton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.

Studies In English And Hungarian Contrastive Linguistics

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Author : László Dezső
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980

Studies In English And Hungarian Contrastive Linguistics written by László Dezső and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Foreign Language Study categories.