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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 July 2010
      02 June 1994
      ISBN:
      9780511611896
      9780521448987
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611896
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      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 296 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Grammar and Syntax, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (69)
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    Subjects:
    Grammar and Syntax, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (69)
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    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 at the ways they interrelate, their semantic bases and their role in the organisation of discourse. Ergativity stems from R. M. W. Dixon's long-standing interest in the topic, and in particular from his seminal 1979 paper in Language. It includes a rich collection of data from a large number of the world's languages. Comprehensive, clear and insightful, it will be the standard point of reference for all those interested in the topic.

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    ‘Long awaited … readers will not be disappointed. I can confidently predict that Ergativity will soon be on the reading list of many a course in morphology, syntax and typology.’

    Source: Functions of Language

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