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Aspects of Split Ergativity
Author | : Jessica Coon |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2013-08-07 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780199858750 |
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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 contexts in which we find the appearance of a nonergative pattern in an otherwise ergative language-namely, the nonperfective aspects-involve an intransitive aspectual matrix verb and a subordinated lexical verb.
The Oxford Handbook of Ergativity
Author | : Jessica Coon,Diane Massam,Lisa deMena Travis |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 1297 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780198739371 |
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This volume offers theoretical and descriptive perspectives on the issues pertaining to ergativity, a grammatical patterning whereby direct objects are in some way treated like intransitive subjects, to the exclusion of transitive subjects. This pattern differs markedly from nominative/accusative marking whereby transitive and intransitive subjects are treated as one grammatical class, to the exclusion of direct objects. While ergativity is sometimes referred to as a typological characteristic of languages, research on the phenomenon has shown that languages do not fall clearly into one category or the other and that ergative characteristics are not consistent across languages. Chapters in this volume look at approaches to ergativity within generative, typological, and functional paradigms, as well as approaches to the core morphosyntactic building blocks of an ergative construction; related constructions such as the anti-passive; related properties such as split ergativity and word order; and extensions and permutations of ergativity, including nominalizations and voice systems. The volume also includes results from experimental investigations of ergativity, a relatively new area of research. A wide variety of languages are represented, both in the theoretical chapters and in the 16 case studies that are more descriptive in nature, attesting to both the pervasiveness and diversity of ergative patterns.
The Oxford Handbook of Ergativity
Author | : Jessica Coon,Diane Massam,Lisa deMena Travis |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 960 |
Release | : 2017-06-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780191059773 |
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This volume offers theoretical and descriptive perspectives on the issues pertaining to ergativity, a grammatical patterning whereby direct objects are in some way treated like intransitive subjects, to the exclusion of transitive subjects. This pattern differs markedly from nominative/accusative marking whereby transitive and intransitive subjects are treated as one grammatical class, to the exclusion of direct objects. While ergativity is sometimes referred to as a typological characteristic of languages, research on the phenomenon has shown that languages do not fall clearly into one category or the other and that ergative characteristics are not consistent across languages. Chapters in this volume look at approaches to ergativity within generative, typological, and functional paradigms, as well as approaches to the core morphosyntactic building blocks of an ergative construction; related constructions such as the anti-passive; related properties such as split ergativity and word order; and extensions and permutations of ergativity, including nominalizations and voice systems. The volume also includes results from experimental investigations of ergativity, a relatively new area of research. A wide variety of languages are represented, both in the theoretical chapters and in the 16 case studies that are more descriptive in nature, attesting to both the pervasiveness and diversity of ergative patterns.
Intercultural Aspects of Specialized Communication
Author | : Christopher Candlin,Maurizio Gotti |
Publsiher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 3039112589 |
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This volume explores intercultural communication in specialist fields and its realisations in language for specific purposes. Special attention is given to legal, commercial, political and institutional discourse used in particular workplaces, analysed from an intercultural perspective. The contributions explore to what extent intercultural pressure leads to particular discourse patternings and lexico-grammatical / phonological realisations, and also the extent to which textual re-encoding and recontextualisation alter the pragmatic value of the texts taken into consideration.
Ergativity
Author | : Alana Johns,Diane Massam,Juvenal Ndayiragije |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2007-02-05 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 140204187X |
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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 authors in the field, who also conduct original field work and bring new data to light. It contains articles that apply the most recent theoretical tools to the area of ergativity, and then explore the issues that emerge. Languages investigated in the text include Basque, Georgian, and Hindi.
Ergativity in Amazonia
Author | : Spike Gildea,Francisco Queixalós |
Publsiher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027206701 |
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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 with years of fieldwork and comparative experience in the region, all describe details of the synchronic systems, and several also provide diachronic insight into the evolution of these systems. The five papers in Part I focus on languages from four larger families with ergative patterns primarily in morphology. The typological contribution is in detailed consideration of unusual splits, changes in ergative patterns, and parallels between ergative main clauses and nominalizations. The three papers in Part II discuss genetically isolated languages. Two present dominant ergative patterns in both morphology and syntax, the other a syntactic inverse system that is predominantly ergative in discourse. In each, the authors demonstrate that identification of traditional grammatical relations is problematic. These data will figure in all future typological and theoretical debates about grammatical relations.
Subject Voice and Ergativity
Author | : N Bennett |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2005-12 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781135751890 |
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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Ergativity
Author | : Robert M. W. Dixon |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1994-06-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521448980 |
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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 difficulties for many current linguistic theories. R. M. W. Dixon here provides a full survey of the various types of ergativity, looking at the ways they interrelate, their semantic bases and their role in the organisation of discourse. Ergativity stems from R. M. W. Dixon's long-standing interest in the topic, and in particular from his seminal 1979 paper in Language. It includes a rich collection of data from a large number of the world's languages. Comprehensive, clear and insightful, it will be the standard point of reference for all those interested in the topic.