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" The typology of semantic alignment / "
edited by Mark Donohue and Sorem Wichmann.
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949167
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b703537
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The typology of semantic alignment /\ edited by Mark Donohue and Sorem Wichmann.
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2008.
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1 online resource (xvi, 465 pages) :: maps
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0191528781
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: 9780191528781
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: 9781281825612
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0199238383
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9780199238385
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-452) and indexes.
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The study of semantic alignment / Soren Wichmann -- Semantic alignment systems / Mark Donohue -- Split intransitives, experiencer objects, and transimpersonal constructions / Andrej Malchukov -- Thematic roles, event structure, and argument encoding in semantically aligned languages / Peter M. Arkadiev -- Why are stative-active languages rare in Eurasia? / Johanna Nichols -- Losing semantic alignment / Edward J. Vajda -- Intransitive split in tundra nenets, or how much semantics can hide behind syntactic alignment / Olesya Khanina -- From ergative case marking to semantic case marking / Gontzal Aldai -- The semantics of semantic alignment in eastern Indonesia / Marian Klamer -- The rise and fall of semantic alignment in North Halmahera, Indonesia / Gary Holton -- Verb classification in Amis / Naomi Tsukida -- The emergence of agentive systems in core argument marking / Marianne Mithun -- Argument dereferentialization in Lakhota / Regina Pustet and David Rood -- The emergence of active/stative alignment in Otomi / Enrique L. Palancar -- Voice and transitivity in Guarani / Maura Velazquez-Castillo -- Agreement in two Arawak languages / Swintha Danielsen and Tania Granadillo -- Affectedness and viewpoint in Pilaga (Guaykuruan) / Alejandra Vidal.
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Leading scholars explore the characteristics of languages with semantic alignment systems and compare the structure of languages with and without them, with special reference to Eurasia, the Americas, and the south-west Pacific, where semantically aligned languages are concentrated. - ;Semantic alignment refers to a type of language that has two means of morphosyntactically encoding the arguments of intransitive predicates, typically treating these as an agent or as a patient of a transitive predicate, or else by a means of a treatment that varies according to lexical aspect. This collection of new typological and case studies is the first book-length investigation of semantically aligned languages for three decades. Leading international typologists explore thedifferences and commonalities of languages with semantic alignment systems and compare the structure of these languages to languages without them. They look at how such systems arise or disappear and provide areal overviews of Eurasia, the Americas, and the south-west Pacific, the areas wheresemantically aligned languages are concentrated. This book will interest typological and historical linguists at graduate level and above.
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Semantics.
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Typology (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Semantics.
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Semantics.
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Typology (Linguistics)
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401/.43
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P325.T97 2008
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Donohue, Mark,1967-
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Wichmann, Søren,1964-
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Oxford University Press.
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