Alignment change in Iranian languages : a construction grammar approach /

The Iranian languages, due to their exceptional time-depth of attestation, constitute one of the very few instances where a shift from accusative alignment to split-ergativity is actually documented. Yet remarkably, within historical syntax, the Iranian case has received only very superficial covera...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haig, Geoffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2008.
Colección:Empirical approaches to language typology ; 37.
Temas:
Iranian languages > Verb.
Iranian languages > Ergative constructions.
Iranian languages > Transitivity.
Iranian languages > Tense.
Langues iraniennes > Constructions ergatives.
Langues iraniennes > Transitivité.
Langues iraniennes > Temps.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Miscellaneous.
Transitivität
Ergativ
Morphosyntax
Iranische Sprachen
Konstruktionsgrammatik
Iraanse talen.
Ergatief.
Diachronische taalkunde.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Iranian languages, due to their exceptional time-depth of attestation, constitute one of the very few instances where a shift from accusative alignment to split-ergativity is actually documented. Yet remarkably, within historical syntax, the Iranian case has received only very superficial coverage. This book provides the first in-depth treatment of alignment change in Iranian, from Old Persian (5 C. BC) to the present. The first part of the book examines the claim that ergativity in Middle Iranian emerged from an Old Iranian agented passive construction. This view is rejected in favour of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 366 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-358) and indexes.
ISBN:9783110198614
3110198614
ISSN:0933-761X ;

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