On the Morphosyntactic Reflexes of Information Structure in the Ergative Patterning of Inuit Language
Abstract This chapter argues – closely following the insights of Berge (2011) – that the ergative clause structure of the Inuit language is conditioned by information structure properties, more precisely by its topic comment properties. It articulates a formal model where the morphosyntactic propert...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739371.013.17 2024-06-09T07:47:18+00:00 On the Morphosyntactic Reflexes of Information Structure in the Ergative Patterning of Inuit Language Johns, Alana Kucerova, Ivona 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739371.013.17 https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/37094/chapter/323333213 en eng Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Ergativity page 397-418 ISBN 0198739370 9780198739371 9780191802362 book-chapter 2017 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739371.013.17 2024-05-10T13:14:10Z Abstract This chapter argues – closely following the insights of Berge (2011) – that the ergative clause structure of the Inuit language is conditioned by information structure properties, more precisely by its topic comment properties. It articulates a formal model where the morphosyntactic properties result from this information structure trigger. Furthermore it shows that not only does the model correctly account for the split case and agreement properties of the Inuit language, but also other relevant properties discussed in the literature, i.e., scope properties of objects and aspect. It is also argued that objects in this language are introduced through an applicative head (Basilico 2012), after which they either topicalize or get assigned oblique case. Book Part inuit Oxford University Press 397 418 |
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Abstract This chapter argues – closely following the insights of Berge (2011) – that the ergative clause structure of the Inuit language is conditioned by information structure properties, more precisely by its topic comment properties. It articulates a formal model where the morphosyntactic properties result from this information structure trigger. Furthermore it shows that not only does the model correctly account for the split case and agreement properties of the Inuit language, but also other relevant properties discussed in the literature, i.e., scope properties of objects and aspect. It is also argued that objects in this language are introduced through an applicative head (Basilico 2012), after which they either topicalize or get assigned oblique case. |
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On the Morphosyntactic Reflexes of Information Structure in the Ergative Patterning of Inuit Language |
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On the Morphosyntactic Reflexes of Information Structure in the Ergative Patterning of Inuit Language |
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On the Morphosyntactic Reflexes of Information Structure in the Ergative Patterning of Inuit Language |
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On the Morphosyntactic Reflexes of Information Structure in the Ergative Patterning of Inuit Language |
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On the Morphosyntactic Reflexes of Information Structure in the Ergative Patterning of Inuit Language |
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on the morphosyntactic reflexes of information structure in the ergative patterning of inuit language |
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