The typology of semantic alignment
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2008.
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Table of Contents:
- The study of semantic alignment / Soren Wichmann
- Semantic alignment systems / Mark Donohue
- Split intransitives, experiencer objects, and transimpersonal constructions / Andrej Malchukov
- Thematic roles, event structure, and argument encoding in semantically aligned languages / Peter M. Arkadiev
- Why are stative-active languages rare in Eurasia? / Johanna Nichols
- Losing semantic alignment / Edward J. Vajda
- Intransitive split in tundra nenets, or how much semantics can hide behind syntactic alignment / Olesya Khanina
- From ergative case marking to semantic case marking / Gontzal Aldai
- The semantics of semantic alignment in eastern Indonesia / Marian Klamer
- The rise and fall of semantic alignment in North Halmahera, Indonesia / Gary Holton
- Verb classification in Amis / Naomi Tsukida
- The emergence of agentive systems in core argument marking / Marianne Mithun
- Argument dereferentialization in Lakhota / Regina Pustet and David Rood
- The emergence of active/stative alignment in Otomi / Enrique L. Palancar
- Voice and transitivity in Guarani / Maura Velazquez-Castillo
- Agreement in two Arawak languages / Swintha Danielsen and Tania Granadillo
- Affectedness and viewpoint in Pilaga (Guaykuruan) / Alejandra Vidal.