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Pages: 349
Authors: Edith L. Bavin
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Ergativity is one of the main challenges both for linguistic and acquisition theories. This book is unique, taking a cross-linguistic approach to the acquisitio
The Oxford Handbook of Ergativity
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Authors: Jessica Coon
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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
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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
Deconstructing Ergativity
Language: en
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Authors: Maria Polinsky
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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Nominative-accusative and ergative are two common alignment types found across languages. In the former type, the subject of an intransitive verb and the subjec
The Acquisition of Differential Object Marking
Language: en
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Authors: Alexandru Mardale
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Differential Object marking (DOM), a linguistic phenomenon in which a direct object is morphologically marked for semantic and pragmatic reasons, has attracted