The typology of semantic alignment / edited by Mark Donohue and Sorem Wichmann.

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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvi, 465 p. :; maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • The study of semantic alignment / Soren Wichmann
  • Semantic alignment systems / Mark Donohue
  • Split intransitives, experiencer objects, and transimpersonal constructions / Andrej Malchukov
  • Thematic roles, event structure, and argument encoding in semantically aligned languages / Peter M. Arkadiev
  • Why are stative-active languages rare in Eurasia? / Johanna Nichols
  • Losing semantic alignment / Edward J. Vajda
  • Intransitive split in tundra nenets, or how much semantics can hide behind syntactic alignment / Olesya Khanina
  • From ergative case marking to semantic case marking / Gontzal Aldai
  • The semantics of semantic alignment in eastern Indonesia / Marian Klamer
  • The rise and fall of semantic alignment in North Halmahera, Indonesia / Gary Holton
  • Verb classification in Amis / Naomi Tsukida
  • The emergence of agentive systems in core argument marking / Marianne Mithun
  • Argument dereferentialization in Lakhota / Regina Pustet and David Rood
  • The emergence of active/stative alignment in Otomi / Enrique L. Palancar
  • Voice and transitivity in Guarani / Maura Velazquez-Castillo
  • Agreement in two Arawak languages / Swintha Danielsen and Tania Granadillo
  • Affectedness and viewpoint in Pilaga (Guaykuruan) / Alejandra Vidal.