Manzini, M. Rita and Savoia, Leonardo M. and Franco, Ludovico (2015) Ergative case, aspect and person splits: Two case studies. Acta Linguistica Hungarica, 62 (3). pp. 297-351. ISSN 1216-8076
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Abstract
Ergativity splits between perfect and imperfective/progressive predicates are observed in languages with a specialized ergative case (Punjabi) and without it (Kurdish). Perfect predicates correspond to a VP projection; external arguments are introduced by means of an oblique case, namely an elementary part–whole predicate saying that the event is ‘included by’, ‘located at’ the argument. A more complex organization is found with imperfective/progressive predicates, where a head Asp projects a functional layer and introduces the external argument. Our proposal further yields the 1/2P vs. 3P Person split as a result of the intrinsic ability of 1/2P to serve as ‘location-of-event’.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > P0 Philology. Linguistics / filológia, nyelvészet |
| Depositing User: | László Sallai-Tóth |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2016 10:33 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2017 23:15 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/37324 |
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