| Physical description |
xxii, 271 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 69. |
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Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 69.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Syntactically based and semantically based marking -- 3. Intra-clausal or morphological ergativity -- 4. Types of split system --5. The category of 'subject' -- 6. Inter-clausal or syntactic ergativity -- 7. Language change -- 8. The rationale for ergativity -- Appendix: A note on theoretical models. |
| Summary |
This book 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. |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ergative constructions.
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| ISBN |
0521444462 |
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0521448980 (paperback) |
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