Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Volume 69Cambridge University Press, 1994 - Language and languages |
Contents
Syntactically based and semantically based marking 2223 | 23 |
Intraclausal or morphological ergativity | 39 |
Types of split system | 70 |
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absolutive accusative languages activity affixes agent allomorph antipassive antipassive derivation Australian languages banaga-n'u basic bura-n common NP Comrie constituent order coordination core NPs coreferential cross-referencing dative derived S function described discourse discussion Dixon Dyirbal English ergative languages ergative marking ergative pattern ergative system ergativity split examples father fluid-S generalisation grammatical marking imperative inflection instance intransitive involve John Linguistics main clause markedness marker Mayan language mentioned morphological marking Nominal Hierarchy nominative-accusative nouns ŋuma occur omitted Papuan language Payne perfective aspect pivot condition prefix pronominal reference relative clause S/O pivot S₁ second clause second person pronouns see-NONFUT semantic semantically based marking sentence speakers split-ergative split-S split-S language structure subordinate clauses suffix syntactic ergativity syntactic function syntactic pivot syntactic relations syntactically based marking tense third person transitive clause transitive subject transitive verbs underlying A NP University unmarked verbal Warrgamay yabu-gu Yidin Yukulta