Ergativity in Amazonia / edited by Spike Gildea, Francesc Queixalós.

Other author Gildea, Spike.
Other author Queixalós, Francisco.
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Publication InfoAmsterdam, The Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
Description319 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesTypological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 89
Typological studies in language ; v. 89. ^A560447
Contents Manifestations of ergativity in Amazonia / Francesc Queixalós and Spike Gildea --PART I. Well-established systems: Morphological ergativity: Ergativity in the Mayoruna branch of the Panoan family / David W. Fleck -- Ergativity in Shipibo-Konibo, a Panoan language of the Ucayali / Pilar M. Valenzuela -- How ergative is Cavineña? / Antoine Guillaume -- The ergativity effect in Kuikuro (Southern Carib, Brazil) / Bruna Franchetto -- Nominative-absolutive: Counter-universal split ergativity in Jê and Cariban / Spike Gildea and Flávia de Castro Alves -- PART II. Recent diachronic innovations: Syntactic ergativity: Ergativity in Trumai / Raquel Guirardello-Damian -- Grammatical relations in Katukina-Kanamari / Francesc Queixalós -- The intransitive basis of Movima clause structure / Katharina Haude.
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LCCN 2009046917
ISBN9789027206701 (hb : alk. paper)
ISBN9789027288509 (eb : alk. paper)

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