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Aspects of Split Ergativity
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Jessica Coon
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-07 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Aspects of Split Ergativity argues that aspect-based split ergativity does not mark a split in how Case is assigned, but rather, a split in sentence structure.
The Oxford Handbook of Ergativity
Language: en
Pages: 1297
Authors: Jessica Coon
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This volume examines the phenomenon of ergativity, a grammatical patterning whereby direct objects are in some way treated like intransitive subjects, to the ex
Ergativity in Amazonia
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Spike Gildea
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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This volume presents a typological/theoretical introduction plus eight papers about ergative alignment in 16 Amazonian languages. All are written by linguists w
Ergativity
Language: en
Pages: 300
Authors: Robert M. W. Dixon
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-06-02 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Although there is only one ergative language in Europe (Basque), perhaps one-quarter of the world's languages show ergative properties, and pose considerable di
Ergativity
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Alana Johns
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-06-28 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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The overarching theme of this volume is the formal expression of the range and limits of ergativity. The book contains cutting-edge theoretical papers by top au