Ergativity /
Although there is only one ergative language in Europe (Basque), perhaps one-quarter of the world's languages show ergative properties, and pose considerable difficulties for many current linguistic theories. R. M. W. Dixon here provides a full survey of the various types of ergativity, looking...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
1994.
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Series: | Cambridge studies in linguistics ;
69. |
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Online Access: | CONNECT |