Eskimo Influence on the Formation of the Chukotkan Ergative Clause

It has generally been assumed in the literature on ergativity that the phenomenon of ergative clause structure in Chukotkan languages represents a family-internal development reflecting the common source of such constructions in earlier passives. On closer inspection it appears that Chukotkan ergati...

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Published in:Studies in Language
Main Author: Fortescue, Michael
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: John Benjamins Publishing Company 1997
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spelling crjohnbenjaminsp:10.1075/sl.21.2.05for 2024-06-09T07:45:45+00:00 Eskimo Influence on the Formation of the Chukotkan Ergative Clause Fortescue, Michael 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sl.21.2.05for http://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/sl.21.2.05for.pdf en eng John Benjamins Publishing Company Studies in Language volume 21, issue 2, page 369-409 ISSN 0378-4177 1569-9978 journal-article 1997 crjohnbenjaminsp https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.21.2.05for 2024-05-15T13:26:40Z It has generally been assumed in the literature on ergativity that the phenomenon of ergative clause structure in Chukotkan languages represents a family-internal development reflecting the common source of such constructions in earlier passives. On closer inspection it appears that Chukotkan ergativity is of a typologically quite aberrant kind, however, whose most likely source is to be found in influence from neighbouring Eskimo. Prior to that, all Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages had already developed complex transitive verbal paradigms of a non-ergative type. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* John Benjamins Publishing Company Studies in Language 21 2 369 409
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description It has generally been assumed in the literature on ergativity that the phenomenon of ergative clause structure in Chukotkan languages represents a family-internal development reflecting the common source of such constructions in earlier passives. On closer inspection it appears that Chukotkan ergativity is of a typologically quite aberrant kind, however, whose most likely source is to be found in influence from neighbouring Eskimo. Prior to that, all Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages had already developed complex transitive verbal paradigms of a non-ergative type.
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title_short Eskimo Influence on the Formation of the Chukotkan Ergative Clause
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