On the Origins and Elimination of Ergativity in Indo-Aryan Languages
Ergativity is a term used in traditional descriptive and typological linguistics to refer to a system of nominal case-marking where the subject of an intransitive verb has the same morphological marker as a direct object, and a different morphological marker from the subject of a transitive verb. La...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0008413100024294 2024-04-07T07:51:50+00:00 On the Origins and Elimination of Ergativity in Indo-Aryan Languages Bubenik, Vit 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008413100024294 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008413100024294 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique volume 34, issue 4, page 377-398 ISSN 0008-4131 1710-1115 Linguistics and Language Language and Linguistics journal-article 1989 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0008413100024294 2024-03-08T00:35:52Z Ergativity is a term used in traditional descriptive and typological linguistics to refer to a system of nominal case-marking where the subject of an intransitive verb has the same morphological marker as a direct object, and a different morphological marker from the subject of a transitive verb. Languages in which this system is found are divided into two main types, A and B (following Trask 1979:388). In Type A the ergative construction is used equally in all tenses and aspects. Furthermore, if there is verbal agreement, the verb agrees with the direct object in person and number in exactly the same way it agrees with the subject of an intransitive verb. The verb agrees with the transitive subject in a different way. Well-known representatives of this type are Basque, Australian ergative languages, certain North American languages, Tibeto-Burman and Chukchee. In type B there is most often a tense/aspect split, in which case the ergative construction is confined to the perfective aspect (or the past tense), and the nominative-accusative configuration is used elsewhere. Furthermore, if there is verbal agreement, the verb may agree with the direct object in number and gender but not in person. Article in Journal/Newspaper Chukchee Cambridge University Press Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique 34 4 377 398 |
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Ergativity is a term used in traditional descriptive and typological linguistics to refer to a system of nominal case-marking where the subject of an intransitive verb has the same morphological marker as a direct object, and a different morphological marker from the subject of a transitive verb. Languages in which this system is found are divided into two main types, A and B (following Trask 1979:388). In Type A the ergative construction is used equally in all tenses and aspects. Furthermore, if there is verbal agreement, the verb agrees with the direct object in person and number in exactly the same way it agrees with the subject of an intransitive verb. The verb agrees with the transitive subject in a different way. Well-known representatives of this type are Basque, Australian ergative languages, certain North American languages, Tibeto-Burman and Chukchee. In type B there is most often a tense/aspect split, in which case the ergative construction is confined to the perfective aspect (or the past tense), and the nominative-accusative configuration is used elsewhere. Furthermore, if there is verbal agreement, the verb may agree with the direct object in number and gender but not in person. |
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On the Origins and Elimination of Ergativity in Indo-Aryan Languages |
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On the Origins and Elimination of Ergativity in Indo-Aryan Languages |
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On the Origins and Elimination of Ergativity in Indo-Aryan Languages |
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On the Origins and Elimination of Ergativity in Indo-Aryan Languages |
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On the Origins and Elimination of Ergativity in Indo-Aryan Languages |
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on the origins and elimination of ergativity in indo-aryan languages |
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