ERGATIVITY

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: JOHNS, ALANA (Editor), MASSAM, DIANE (Editor), NDAYIRAGIJE, JUVENAL (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 65
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Grammar.; Syntax.

This volume presents a collection of papers on the enticing and complex theme of Ergativity. The papers exemplify theoretical depth applied to a wide range of languages, with the majority of papers based on original fieldwork. Ergativity refers to a grammatical pattern in which the logical subject o...