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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792260403321

Titolo

The typology of semantic alignment [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mark Donohue and Sorem Wichmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-82561-1

9786611825614

0-19-152878-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (482 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DonohueMark <1967->

WichmannSøren <1964->

Disciplina

401/.43

Soggetti

Semantics

Typology (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-452) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.



Sommario/riassunto

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.