Deconstructing Ergativity Two Types of Ergative Languages and Their Features |
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| Author:
| Polinsky, Maria |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-025658-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2016 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $289.95AUD $317.00 |
Book Description:
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Building upon theoretical innovations and extensive empirical findings, this book explains variation in the syntactic behavior of ergative arguments across languages. It offers a new analysis of ergativity by recognizing two distinct types, PP-ergative- and DP-ergative-languages. Each type is characterized by a set of correlated features which result in structural consistency.
Building upon theoretical innovations and extensive empirical findings, this book explains variation in the syntactic behavior of ergative arguments across languages. It offers a new analysis of ergativity by recognizing two distinct types, PP-ergative- and DP-ergative-languages. Each type is characterized by a set of correlated features which result in structural consistency.