TY - BOOK ID - 1887186 TI - Ergativity PY - 1994 SN - 0521444462 0521448980 0511611897 9780521448987 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Grammar KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Linguistics KW - Philology KW - Ergative constructions. KW - 801.56 KW - 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek KW - Syntaxis. Semantiek KW - Ergative constructions KW - Linguistique KW - Construction ergative KW - Grammaire KW - Grammar, Comparative and general - Ergative constructions KW - Grammaire comparée et générale KW - ERGATIF (CAS LINGUISTIQUE) KW - Syntaxe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1887186 AB - Although there is only one ergative language in Europe (Basque), perhaps one-quarter of the world's languages show ergative properties, and pose considerable difficulties for many current linguistic theories. R. M. W. Dixon here provides a full survey of the various types of ergativity, looking at the ways they interrelate, their semantic bases and their role in the organisation of discourse. Ergativity stems from R. M. W. Dixon's long-standing interest in the topic, and in particular from his seminal 1979 paper in Language. It includes a rich collection of data from a large number of the world's languages. Comprehensive, clear and insightful, it will be the standard point of reference for all those interested in the topic. ER -