ERGATIVITY : Emerging Issues


Alana. Johns
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Dordrecht : Springer , c2006
Omfang
1 online resource (383 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - The Locus of Ergative Case Assignment: Evidence from Scope; Neither Absolutive nor Ergative is Nominative or Accusative; Eccentric Agreement and Multiple Case Checking; Syntactic Ergativity in Tongan; A Parametric Syntax of Aspectually Conditioned Split-Ergativity; Split Absolutive; Deriving Split Ergativity in the Progressive; On 'Ergativity' in Halkomelem Salish; Tree-Geometric Relational Hierarchies and Nuumiipuutímt (Nez Perce) Case; Antipassive Morphology and Case Assignment in Inuktitut; The Ergativity Parameter: A View from Antipassive; Ergativity and Change in Inuktitut. - Ergativity in Austronesian LanguagesThe Split Verb as a Source of Morphological Ergativity. - Contains articles that apply the theoretical tools to the area of ergativity, and explore issues that emerge. This book includes articles written by linguists with expertise in bringing original data to bear on complex theoretical issues. The overall theme of the volume is the formal expression of the range and limits of ergativity.
Emner
Sjanger
Dewey
415
ISBN
1402041861. - 140204187X. - 9781402041860. - 9781402041877

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