Essays about: "ergativity"

Found 3 essays containing the word ergativity.

  1. 1. An Escap-ee from French to English who will never return : A semantic and syntactic study of the -ee suffix in English

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Yiu Tong Wong; [2017]
    Keywords : Contextual anchoring; derivational morpheme; ergativity; semantic roles; Kontextförankring; derivationsmorfem; ergativitet; semantiska roller;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the semantic and syntactic properties of the -­ee suffix in English. The -­ee suffix was borrowed from the French ‑­é suffix during the late Middle Ages, when French started to exert its linguistic influence on English. READ MORE

  3. 2. Powerful you have become, the dark side I sense in you : on the typological similarities of object-initial languages

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Thomas Rosholm; [2016]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The thesis examined typological similarities across the fifteen languages listed on the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) website as having object-initial constituent orders in transitive clauses. Based on previous work by Derbyshire (1981, 1987) and Andersen (1988), who have attempted to account for diachronic developments in Hixkaryana and Päri respectively, a matrix was created to check relevant grammatical features for their diachronic accounts against the other object-initial languages entered into WALS. READ MORE

  4. 3. Selected Topics in the Grammar of Nalca

    University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Erik Svärd; [2013]
    Keywords : grammar; Mek languages; Nalca; New Guinea; New Testament; Papuan languages; parallel text; grammatik; Irian Jaya; mek; nalca; Nya Guinea; Nya Testamentet; papuanska språk; parallelltext;

    Abstract : The present study analyzes a selection of topics in the grammar of Nalca (Mek language; Papua), with a focus on verbs and nominals. No published grammar or dictionary is available for Nalca, but a translation of the New Testament was used as a parallel text. READ MORE