Alignment and alignment change in the Indo-European family /

"This volume advances research on diachronic alignment typology across the Indo-European family, showing the breadth and fertility of this field. It brings together contributions from leading specialists in Indo-European languages to explore the macro- and micro-dynamic factors contributing to...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Dahl, Eystein (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:	Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 50.
Subjects:	Indo-European languages. Indo-European languages > Ergative constructions. Linguistic change. Langues indo-européennes. Langues indo-européennes > Constructions ergatives. Changement linguistique. Linguistics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES. Syntax. Indo-European languages Indo-European languages > Ergative constructions Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Alignment and alignment change in the Indo-European family and beyond / Eystein Dahl
Alignment in Proto-Indo-European / Eystein Dahl
Split alignment, mixed alignment, and the spread of accusative morphosyntax in some archaic Indo-European languages / Paola Cotticelli and Eystein Dahl
The origin of ergative case markers: The case of Hittite revisited / Silvia Luraghi and Guglielmo Inglese
Passives and anticausatives in Vedic Sanskrit: Synchronic and diachronic perspectives / Hans Henrich Hock
Non-nominative arguments, active impersonals, and control in Latin / Michela Cennamo and Claudia Fabrizio
Infinitives and subjecthood between Latin and Old Italian / Claudia Fabrizio
Alignment changes with Spanish experiential verbs / Chantal Melis
Armenian morphosyntactic alignment in diachrony / Robin Meyer
Areal and diachronic trends in argument flagging across Slavic / Ilja A. Seržant and others.