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Deconstructing Ergativity: Two Types of Ergative Languages and Their Features (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) - Hardcover

Book 33 of 46: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Polinsky, Maria

 
9780190256586: Deconstructing Ergativity: Two Types of Ergative Languages and Their Features (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0190256583 ISBN 13: 9780190256586
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Building upon theoretical innovations and extensive empirical findings, this book explains variation in the syntactic behavior of ergative arguments across languages. It offers a new analysis of ergativity by recognizing two distinct types, PP-ergative- and DP-ergative-languages. Each type is characterized by a set of correlated features which result in structural consistency.

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About the Author

Maria Polinsky is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park. She investigates the syntax of natural languages, with a particular emphasis on language universals and the range of variation in sentence structure. She has produced detailed syntactic analyses of a number of lesser-studied languages and has a long-standing interest in the ways different grammatical models can be used to analyze syntactic phenomena.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0190256583
ISBN 13 
9780190256586
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
412