Deconstructing ergativity: two types of ergative languages and their features
Auteur :
Polinsky, Maria
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190256593
Date de publication :
19 mai 2016
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,5 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
544 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.