Alignment and ergativity in new Indo-Aryan languages / / Saartje Verbeke
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| Autore: |
Verbeke Saartje
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| Titolo: |
Alignment and ergativity in new Indo-Aryan languages / / Saartje Verbeke
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| Pubblicazione: | Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (332 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 491/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Indo-Aryan languages - Grammar |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Case Theory |
| Ergativity | |
| Indo-Ayran Languages | |
| Language Typology | |
| Note generali: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Ghent University, 2011). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-315) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical preliminaries -- 2 Indo-Aryan -- 3 Eastern Indo-Aryan: Asamiya -- 4 Northern Indo-Aryan: Nepali -- 5 Western Indo-Aryan: Kashmiri -- 6 Central Indo-Aryan: Rajasthani -- 7 Conclusion -- 8 Appendix -- 9 References -- Index of subjects -- Index of languages |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The volume investigates the different alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan and shows that the variation of alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan goes beyond the opposition between accusativity and ergativity. The book includes a thorough discussion of the concepts and terminology relating to alignment patterns. The study draws extensively on new language data from Indo-Aryan. It includes discussions of examples taken from Hindi, Sanskrit, Apabhramsa, Asamiya, Bangla, Oriya, the Bihari languages, Nepali, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Siraiki, Poguli, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marwari, Harauti, the Hindi varieties, and Shina. The volume offers a comprehensive overview of various alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan based on a wide range of data. By focusing on lesser known Indo-Aryan languages, the study questions the central position of Hindi-Urdu in the research on ergativity. Each language is treated in its own right, with a focus on language-specific data and analyses, rather than relying on a notional format that starts with pre-established linguistic concepts. In accordance with this methodology, much attention is paid to "indirect" connections between ergative constructions and other syntactic and semantic patterns in the various languages. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Alignment and ergativity in new Indo-Aryan languages |
| ISBN: | 3-11-029267-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824395403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Empirical approaches to language typology ; ; 51.