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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Split-ergativity"”.
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The acquisition of split-ergativity in Kurmanji Kurdish
… adults use the morphology (Pye 1990). However, split-ergative languages incorporate both accusative and ergative systems, some in the midst of a shift away from ergativity, thus providing variable and inconsistent input for children. Yet previous research suggests that children can acquire …
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Complementation in Chol (Mayan) : a theory of split ergativity :
… claim of this dissertation is that aspect-based split ergativity does not mark a split in how Case is assigned, but rather, a split in sentence structure. Specifically, I argue that the contexts in which we find the appearance of a nonergative pattern in an otherwise ergative language-namely, the …
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Case and Phi-agreement in Laki: Parametrizing split-ergativity in Kurdish
This thesis examines split ergative alignments in five dialects of Kurdish (Northwestern Iranian), with the primary focus on the argument structure and case and agreement patterns in Laki (Southern Kurdish). I show that these Kurdish dialects uniformly follow an aspect-based split where the …
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Warlpiri : theoretical implications
… binding and WCO data. I present an analysis of split ergativity in Warlpiri (ergative-/absolutive case-marking, nominative/accusative agreement), deriving the split from a dissociation of case and agreement, and the inherent nature of ergative case, rather than from non-configurationality. …
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Default ergative
… or object. In this thesis, I investigate (split) ergativity in Mayan languages (mainly Kaqchikel, Chol, Q'anjob'al and Ixil) as a testing ground for the plausibility of the hypothesis that phase head Case exists, and is the correct analysis of certain phenomena generally analyzed as …