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020 _z9783110195866 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aHaig, Geoffrey.
245 1 0 _aAlignment change in Iranian languages
_h[electronic resource] :
_ba construction grammar approach /
_cGeoffrey L.J. Haig.
260 _aNew York :
_bMouton de Gruyter,
_c2008.
300 _aviii, 366 p. ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aEmpirical approaches to language typology ;
_v37
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [339]-358) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Aims and assumptions -- The Iranian languages -- Alignment in the Iranian context -- Constructions and syntax -- Old Iranian -- The Mana Kartam construction -- Implications for diachronic syntax -- What is a passive? -- Re-assessing the M. K. construction -- The semantics of the genitive -- Summing up the alternatives -- Conclusions -- Western Middle Iranian -- Middle Iranian -- Past transitive constructions -- The case system -- Case and person -- Pronominal clitics -- Clitics expressing core arguments -- Past transitive verbs -- Summary of Middle Iranian -- Case systems in West Iranian -- Introduction -- Three processes -- Innovated object markers -- Inhalt -- The tatic-type languages -- Explanations for change -- Case and animacy -- Towards a solution -- Summary of case -- Kurdish (northern group) -- Introduction -- Overview of the morphosyntax -- The canonical ergative construction -- Deviations from canonical ergativity -- Summary of deviations -- Evidence from Badynany -- Summary of the northern group -- The central group -- Introduction -- Suleimani morphosyntax -- Past transitive constructions -- Aligning case and agreement -- Summary of the central group -- Desire, obligation, possession, and ergativity -- Conclusions -- A brief synopsis -- Areal pressure and alignment change -- Alignment in Indo-European -- On explanations for change -- Appendices -- Case in Old Persian -- Changing rules of clitic placement.
529 _aTSLHHL
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2009.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aIranian languages
_xVerb.
650 0 _aIranian languages
_xErgative constructions.
650 0 _aIranian languages
_xTransitivity.
650 0 _aIranian languages
_xTense.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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830 0 _aEmpirical approaches to language typology ;
_v37.
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