Ergativity, valency and voice

This volume is a collection of articles concerned with the typology of valency and valence change in a large and diversified sample of languages that display ergative alignment in their grammar. The sample of languages represented in these descriptive contributions covers most of the geographical ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Authier, Gilles (-), Haude, Katharina
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton 2012.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Empirical approaches to language typology ; 48.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34688079*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.