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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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Bibliographic Details
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

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