Morphological conservatism in Enggano subordinate clauses
In this paper, we argue that Enggano subordinate clauses beginning with the conjunctions a= and be are morphologically conservative in retaining ergative alignment, whilst other clause types are accusatively aligned. This pattern fits with the typological trend for subordinate clauses to be more con...
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Pacini Editore
2024
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| author | Zobel, E Hemmings, C |
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| description | In this paper, we argue that Enggano subordinate clauses beginning with the
conjunctions a= and be are morphologically conservative in retaining ergative alignment, whilst other clause types are accusatively aligned. This pattern fits with the typological trend for subordinate clauses to be more conservative than main clauses, but goes against the more widespread pattern of split-ergativity where main clauses have ergative alignment and subordinate clauses have accusative alignment. Consequently, we argue that the Enggano split-alignment pattern is further evidence that historical developments affect different clause types in different ways. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7f27c448-64ca-4ae1-b32e-9ab06221dd2f2025-01-06T11:26:53ZMorphological conservatism in Enggano subordinate clausesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7f27c448-64ca-4ae1-b32e-9ab06221dd2fEnglishSymplectic ElementsPacini Editore2024Zobel, EHemmings, CIn this paper, we argue that Enggano subordinate clauses beginning with the conjunctions a= and be are morphologically conservative in retaining ergative alignment, whilst other clause types are accusatively aligned. This pattern fits with the typological trend for subordinate clauses to be more conservative than main clauses, but goes against the more widespread pattern of split-ergativity where main clauses have ergative alignment and subordinate clauses have accusative alignment. Consequently, we argue that the Enggano split-alignment pattern is further evidence that historical developments affect different clause types in different ways. |
| spellingShingle | Zobel, E Hemmings, C Morphological conservatism in Enggano subordinate clauses |
| title | Morphological conservatism in Enggano subordinate clauses |
| title_full | Morphological conservatism in Enggano subordinate clauses |
| title_fullStr | Morphological conservatism in Enggano subordinate clauses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphological conservatism in Enggano subordinate clauses |
| title_short | Morphological conservatism in Enggano subordinate clauses |
| title_sort | morphological conservatism in enggano subordinate clauses |
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