Ergativity in amazonia
Auteur :
Gildea, Spike
ISBN :
9789027206701
Date de publication :
28 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
24,5 x 16,4 cm
Poids :
720 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Bonaire, Saba
Presents a typological/theoretical introduction and eight papers about ergative alignment in 16 Amazonian languages. This title describes details of the synchronic systems, and provides diachronic insight into the evolution of these systems. It also focus on languages from four larger families with ergative patterns primarily in morphology.