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001 2007047473
003 DLC
005 20080216110833.0
008 071115s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007047473
020 $a9783110195866 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aPK6035$b.H35 2008
082 00 $a491/.5$222
100 1 $aHaig, Geoffrey.
245 10 $aAlignment change in Iranian languages :$ba construction grammar approach /$cGeoffrey L.J. Haig.
260 $aNew York :$bMouton de Gruyter,$c2008.
300 $aviii, 366 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aEmpirical approaches to language typology ;$v37
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [339]-358) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Aims and assumptions -- The Iranian languages -- Alignment in the Iranian context -- Constructions and syntax -- Old Iranian -- The Mana Kartam construction -- Implications for diachronic syntax -- What is a passive? -- Re-assessing the M. K. construction -- The semantics of the genitive -- Summing up the alternatives -- Conclusions -- Western Middle Iranian -- Middle Iranian -- Past transitive constructions -- The case system -- Case and person -- Pronominal clitics -- Clitics expressing core arguments -- Past transitive verbs -- Summary of Middle Iranian -- Case systems in West Iranian -- Introduction -- Three processes -- Innovated object markers -- Inhalt -- The tatic-type languages -- Explanations for change -- Case and animacy -- Towards a solution -- Summary of case -- Kurdish (northern group) -- Introduction -- Overview of the morphosyntax -- The canonical ergative construction -- Deviations from canonical ergativity -- Summary of deviations -- Evidence from Badynany -- Summary of the northern group -- The central group -- Introduction -- Suleimani morphosyntax -- Past transitive constructions -- Aligning case and agreement -- Summary of the central group -- Desire, obligation, possession, and ergativity -- Conclusions -- A brief synopsis -- Areal pressure and alignment change -- Alignment in Indo-European -- On explanations for change -- Appendices -- Case in Old Persian -- Changing rules of clitic placement.
650 0 $aIranian languages$xVerb.
650 0 $aIranian languages$xErgative constructions.
650 0 $aIranian languages$xTransitivity.
650 0 $aIranian languages$xTense.