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Aspects of Split Ergativity

Aspects of Split Ergativity( )
Author: Coon, Jessica
Series title:Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax Ser.
ISBN:978-1-299-73714-3
Publication Date:Jan 2013
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $133.65
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In languages with aspect-based split ergativity, one portion of the grammar follows an ergative pattern, while another shows a "split." In this book, Jessica Coon argues that aspectual split ergativity does not mark a split in how case is assigned, but rather, a split in sentence structure. Specifically, the contexts in which we find the appearance of a nonergative pattern in an otherwise ergative language involve added structure--a disassociation between the syntactic predicate and...
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