A typology of marked-S languages (Studies in Diversity Linguistics) (Volume 1)
A typology of marked-S languages (Studies in Diversity Linguistics) (Volume 1) by Corinna Handschuh
English | Aug. 5, 2015 | ISBN: 3944675711 | 279 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | Aug. 5, 2015 | ISBN: 3944675711 | 279 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
A typological study of the rare marked-S language type which overtly marks the single argument of intransitive verbs (S) while one of the arguments of transitive verbs (either A or P) is left zero-coded. The formal (overt versus zero-coding) as well as functional aspects (range of uses of individual case forms) of the phenomenon are treated. The book covers languages from the Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages of Africa and of the North America Pacific Northwest and Pacific regions.