The Rise and Fall of Ergativity in Aramaic Cycles of Alignment Change |
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| Author:
| Coghill, Eleanor |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-872380-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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This book traces the changes in argument alignment that have taken place in Aramaic during its 3000-year documented history, and proposes a new explanation for them. It draws important theoretical conclusions on the development of tense-conditioned alignment change cross-linguistically, and provides a valuable basis for further research.
This book traces the changes in argument alignment that have taken place in Aramaic during its 3000-year documented history, and proposes a new explanation for them. It draws important theoretical conclusions on the development of tense-conditioned alignment change cross-linguistically, and provides a valuable basis for further research.