Transitivity in natural syntax : ergative languages
The paper implements the framework of Natural Syntax and treats various phenomena bearing on transitivity using the language material of ergative languages. In each case one ergative and one antipassive constructions are compared, and certain properties of such pairs are predicted. It is new in the...
Main Author: | Janez Orešnik |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2009-12-01
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Series: | Linguistica |
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Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/3555 |
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