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Ergativity, valency and voice / edited by Gilles Authier, Katharina Haude.

Title
Ergativity, valency and voice / edited by Gilles Authier, Katharina Haude.
Publication
[Berlin ; Boston] : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Authier, Gilles.
  • Haude, Katharina.
Description
viii, 386 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Empirical approaches to language typology ; 48
Uniform Title
Empirical approaches to language typology ; 48.
Subject
  • Grammar, Comparative and general > Ergative constructions
  • Grammar, Comparative and general > Voice
  • Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
  • Generative grammar
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ergativity and voice in Mayan languages : a functional-typological approach -- Ergativity and the passive in three Mayan languages -- A tale of two passives in Cavineña -- The detransitive voice in Kryz -- Laz middle voice -- Argument demotion in Japhug Rgyalrong -- The Katukina-Kanamari antipassive -- Undergoer orientation in Movima -- Case patterns and verb classes in Trumai -- Ergativity in the Adyghe system of valency-changing derivations -- The evolution of transitive verbs in Basque and emergence of dative-marked patients.
ISBN
  • 311022772X (alk. paper)
  • 9783110227727 (alk. paper)
OCLC
  • 775664178
  • SCSB-12679049
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library