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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Main Author: Dixon, Robert M. W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Series:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 69.
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