The typology of semantic alignment
By: edited by Mark Donohue and Sorem Wichmann.
Contributors: Donohue, Mark, 1967-; Wichmann, Søren, 1964-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9780199238385
Subjects: Semantics; Typology (Linguistics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-452) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The study of semantic alignment / Soren Wichmann; title: Semantic alignment systems / Mark Donohue; title: Split intransitives, experiencer objects, and transimpersonal constructions / Andrej Malchukov; title: Thematic roles, event structure, and argument encoding in semantically aligned languages / Peter M. Arkadiev; title: Why are stative-active languages rare in Eurasia? / Johanna Nichols; title: Losing semantic alignment / Edward J. Vajda; title: Intransitive split in tundra nenets, or how much semantics can hide behind syntactic alignment / Olesya Khanina; title: From ergative case marking to semantic case marking / Gontzal Aldai; title: The semantics of semantic alignment in eastern Indonesia / Marian Klamer; title: The rise and fall of semantic alignment in North Halmahera, Indonesia / Gary Holton; title: Verb classification in Amis / Naomi Tsukida; title: The emergence of agentive systems in core argument marking / Marianne Mithun; title: Argument dereferentialization in Lakhota / Regina Pustet and David Rood; title: The emergence of active/stative alignment in Otomi / Enrique L. Palancar; title: Voice and transitivity in Guarani / Maura Velazquez-Castillo; title: Agreement in two Arawak languages / Swintha Danielsen and Tania Granadillo; title: Affectedness and viewpoint in Pilaga (Guaykuruan) / Alejandra Vidal.