Indo-Aryan Ergativity in Typological and Diachronic Perspective
Editors
This volume presents a state-of-the-art survey of synchronic and diachronic dimensions of Ergativity in the Indo-Aryan language family. It contains an introduction drawing on the most important recent typological and theoretical contributions to this field, plus seven papers about the origin, development and distribution of ergative alignment in ancient and modern Indo-Aryan languages written by well-established expert authors. The articles provide detailed explorations of language-specific synchronic systems or patterns of change, and large-scale studies of the distribution of ergative morphosyntax across the Indo-Aryan languages. The papers have a typological-functional approach and are based on thorough fieldwork experience and/or philological investigation. As the Indo-Aryan language family has played a paramount role in recent theories of Ergativity and of alignment typology and change, this volume is highly relevant to experts working on these languages and to scholars interested in grammatical relations and it will figure in all future debates in these fields
[Typological Studies in Language, 112] 2016. v, 267 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 13 June 2016
Published online on 13 June 2016
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Ergativity in Indo-Aryan and beyondEystein Dahl and Krzysztof Stroński | pp. 1–38
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Looking for ergativity in Indo-AryanSaartje Verbeke and Eva De Clercq | pp. 39–60
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The origin and development of the Old Indo-Aryan predicated -tá constructionEystein Dahl | pp. 61–108
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On the establishment of ergative alignment during the Late Middle Indo-Aryan periodVit Bubenik | pp. 109–132
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Why the ergative case in modal (in)transitive clauses? The historical evolution of aspect, modality, ergative and locative in Indo-AryanAnnie Montaut | pp. 133–164
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Ergative alignment in Western New Indo-Aryan languages from a historical perspectiveLiudmila V. Khokhlova | pp. 165–200
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The restoration of the ergative case marking of ‘A’ in perfective clauses in New Indo-Aryan: The case of the Braj language*Andrea Drocco | pp. 201–236
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Syntactic lability vs. ergativity in Indo-AryanKrzysztof Stroński | pp. 237–258
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Language Index | pp. 259–260
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General Index | pp. 261–264
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Author Index | pp. 265–267
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Dahl, Eystein
2016. Lowe, John. 2016. Participles in Rigvedic Sanskrit. The syntax and semantics of adjectival verb forms. Journal of Historical Linguistics 6:2 ► pp. 340 ff. 
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Dahl, Eystein
2021. Introduction to the special thematic section. Journal of Historical Linguistics 11:2 ► pp. 209 ff. 
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFF: Historical & comparative linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General