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Preferred Argument Structure offers a profound insight into the relationship between language use and grammatical structure. In his original publication on Preferred Argument Structure, Du Bois (1987) demonstrated the power of this perspective by using it to explain the origins of ergativity and erg...

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Weitere Verfasser: Du Bois, John W., Kumpf, Lorraine Edith, 1948-, Ashby, William J.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 14.
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Zusammenfassung:Preferred Argument Structure offers a profound insight into the relationship between language use and grammatical structure. In his original publication on Preferred Argument Structure, Du Bois (1987) demonstrated the power of this perspective by using it to explain the origins of ergativity and ergative marking systems. Since this work, the general applicability of Preferred Argument Structure has been demonstrated in studies of language after language. In this collection, the authors move beyond verifying Preferred Argument Structure as a property of a given language. They use the methodolog.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 458 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027296139
9027296138
1588113698
9781588113696
1282160907
9781282160903
9786612160905
661216090X
ISSN:0928-8929 ;