Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond)

Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond)

In the literature, it is often assumed that ergative constructions originate in passive constructions. The present contribution explores the likelihood of such a passive-to-ergative analysis for one language (Tima, Niger-Congo, Sudan), showing that this analysis cannot be substantiated and suggesti...

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Autores principales: Antje Casaretto, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, Birgit Hellwig, Uta Reinöhl, Gertrud Schneider-Blum
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Publicado: LibraryPress@UF 2020
Materias:
alignment;
marked nominative;
split ergativity;
passive;
prominence;
causation;
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:15697cce760c4b6f980d3b6bda4c755e2021-11-19T03:51:51ZRoots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond)10.32473/sal.v49i1.1222700039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/15697cce760c4b6f980d3b6bda4c755e2020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/122270https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428X In the literature, it is often assumed that ergative constructions originate in passive constructions. The present contribution explores the likelihood of such a passive-to-ergative analysis for one language (Tima, Niger-Congo, Sudan), showing that this analysis cannot be substantiated and suggesting an origin in active constructions instead. This study is situated in its areal context (outlining similarities to split case marking systems across the region, especially in the Southern branch of Eastern Sudanic) and against the background of discussions in the Indo-Iranian family (from where the passive-to-ergative hypothesis presumably spread). Antje CasarettoGerrit J. DimmendaalBirgit HellwigUta ReinöhlGertrud Schneider-BlumLibraryPress@UFarticlealignment;marked nominative;split ergativity;passive;prominence;causation;Philology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 49, Iss 1 (2020)
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language EN
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topic alignment;
marked nominative;
split ergativity;
passive;
prominence;
causation;
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle alignment;
marked nominative;
split ergativity;
passive;
prominence;
causation;
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Antje Casaretto
Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
Birgit Hellwig
Uta Reinöhl
Gertrud Schneider-Blum
Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond)
description In the literature, it is often assumed that ergative constructions originate in passive constructions. The present contribution explores the likelihood of such a passive-to-ergative analysis for one language (Tima, Niger-Congo, Sudan), showing that this analysis cannot be substantiated and suggesting an origin in active constructions instead. This study is situated in its areal context (outlining similarities to split case marking systems across the region, especially in the Southern branch of Eastern Sudanic) and against the background of discussions in the Indo-Iranian family (from where the passive-to-ergative hypothesis presumably spread).
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author Antje Casaretto
Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
Birgit Hellwig
Uta Reinöhl
Gertrud Schneider-Blum
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title_short Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond)
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title_fullStr Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond)
title_full_unstemmed Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond)
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