04992nam 22006012 450 991050267530332120211212171031.090-04-44818-710.1163/9789004448186(CKB)5600000000003128(OCoLC)1246480269(nllekb)BRILL9789004448186(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72111(MiAaPQ)EBC31217878(Au-PeEL)EBL31217878(EXLCZ)99560000000000312820200716d2021 uy 0engurun####uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierErgativity and Other Alignment Types in Neo-Aramaic Investigating Morphosyntactic Microvariation /Paul M. Noorlander1st ed.Brill2021Leiden;Boston :BRILL,2021.1 online resourceStudies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics ;10390-04-44817-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- List of Figures, Maps and Tables -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1  Ergativity, an Enigma in Semitic Linguistics? -- 1.2  Neo-Aramaic Dialects in the Land of Rivers -- 1.5  Previous Approaches to Alignment in Eastern Neo-Aramaic -- 1.6  Aims and Scope of This Book -- 1.7  Sources and Transcription Conventions -- 1.8  Outline -- 2 Who Did What to Whom in the Context of Neo-Aramaic -- 2.1  Main Components of Verbal Inflection in Neo-Aramaic -- 2.2  (Pro)nominals and Verbal Constructions Derived from (Pro)nominals -- 2.3  Defining and Identifying the Alignment of Who Did What to Whom -- 2.4  Conclusion: A Construction-Specific Approach -- 2.5  Overviews of Inflection -- 3 Ergativity and Its Typology: The Trans-Zab Jewish Dialects -- 3.1  Main Morphosyntactic Hallmarks -- 3.2  Ergativity and Alignment Splits in Typological Perspectives -- 3.3  Ergativity and Patient-Related Splits in Trans-Zab Jewish NENA -- 3.4  Ergativity and Splits along the Tense-Aspect-Mood Scale -- 3.5  Ergativity and Transitivity: Argument Omission and Valency Alternations -- 3.6  Conclusion: Construction-Specific, Not Alignment-Specific Factors -- 4 Christian and Western Jewish Dialects of NENA -- 4.1  Preliminary Notes on Morphosyntax -- 4.2  Ergative or Passive? Agents In and Out of Focus -- 4.3  Verb-Related Factors: Grammaticalization of Resultatives -- 4.4  Argument-Related Factors: Harmonizing the Object -- 4.5  Conclusion: Cross-System Harmonization -- 5 Below the Tigris: The Neo-Aramaic Dialects of Ṭur ʿAbdin and Mlaḥsó -- 5.1  Morphosyntactic Traits of Central Neo-Aramaic -- 5.2  The Neo-Aramaic Dialects of Ṭur ʿAbdin -- 5.3  The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Mlaḥsó -- 5.4  The Primacy of Intransitive Coding -- 5.5  Summary from Stem to Stern -- 6 Cross-Dialectal Synopsis of the Morphosyntax -- 6.1  Tense-Aspect-Sensitive Splits -- 6.2  Morphological Splits -- 6.3  Splits and Transitivity Alternations -- 6.4  Splits Based on Argument Properties -- 7 General Conclusion -- 7.1  Constructions Leading a Life of Their Own -- 7.2  A Taxonomy of Major Alignment Types -- References -- Index.The alignment splits in the Neo-Aramaic languages display a considerable degree of diversity, especially in terms of agreement. While earlier studies have generally oversimplified the actual state of affairs, Paul M. Noorlander offers a meticulous and clear account of nearly all microvariation documented so far, addressing all relevant morphosyntactic phenomena. By means of fully glossed and translated examples, the author shows that this vast variation in morphological alignment, including ergativity, is unexpected from a functional typological perspective. He argues the alignment splits are rather the outcome of several construction-specific processes such as internal system harmonization and grammaticalization, as well as language contact.Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics ;103.Investigating Morphosyntactic MicrovariationFunctionalism (Linguistics)Grammar, Comparative and generalErgative constructionsAncient Near East and EgyptLinguisticsLanguages and LinguisticsLanguage Endangerment & Language PolicyMorphology & SyntaxAfro-Asiatic LanguagesMiddle East and Islamic StudiesFunctionalism (Linguistics)Grammar, Comparative and generalErgative constructions.415Noorlander Paul M.950266NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910502675303321Ergativity and Other Alignment Types in Neo-Aramaic2148571UNINA