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Alignment and Ergativity in New Indo-Aryan Languages: 51
Author(s): Verbeke (Author)
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: 26 Oct. 2017
- Language: English
- Print length: 334 pages
- ISBN-10: 311029253X
- ISBN-13: 9783110292534
Book Description
The book provides an overview of the alignment patterns found in modern Indo-Aryan languages. The analysis of the patterns of case marking and agreement leads to a balanced view on the concept of ergativity and evaluates its value for typological linguistics. The book offers an extensive discussion of previous approaches to ergativity. It analyzes four Indo-Aryan languages- Asamiya, Nepali, Rajasthani and Kashmiri- on the basis of text corpora. Examples from other Indo-Aryan languages are also adduced. The book is a thorough synchronic study of alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan languages.
