The rise and fall of ergativity in Aramaic : cycles of alignment change /

This book traces the changes in argument alignment that have taken place in Aramaic during its 3000-year documented history. Eleanor Coghill examines evidence from ancient Aramaic texts, recent dialectal documentation, and cross-linguistic parallels to provide an account of the pathways through whic...

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Main Author:	Coghill, Eleanor (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Oxford linguistics. Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 21.
Subjects:	Aramaic language > Ergative constructions. Araméen (Langue) > Constructions ergatives. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Arabic. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book