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Ergativity

Ergativity

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Book 69

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 0521448980
ISBN13: 9780521448987
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 2 1994
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.04 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Although there is only one ergative language in Europe (Basque), perhaps one-quarter of the world's languages show ergative properties. R.M.W. Dixon here provides a full survey of the various types of ergativity, looking at the ways they interrelate, their semantic bases and their role in the organization of discourse. Comprehensive, clear, insightful, and illustrated by data from a wide variety of the world's languages, Ergativity will be the standard point of reference for all those interested in the topic.

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