02913nam a22003614a 4500 ebr10256575 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 071115s2008 nyu sb 001 0 eng 2007047473 9783110195866 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)608623251 PK6035 .H35 2008eb 491/.5 22 Haig, Geoffrey. Alignment change in Iranian languages [electronic resource] : a construction grammar approach / Geoffrey L.J. Haig. New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008. viii, 366 p. Empirical approaches to language typology ; 37 Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-358) and index. Introduction -- Aims and assumptions -- The Iranian languages -- Alignment in the Iranian context -- Constructions and syntax -- Old Iranian -- The Mana Kartam construction -- Implications for diachronic syntax -- What is a passive? -- Re-assessing the M. K. construction -- The semantics of the genitive -- Summing up the alternatives -- Conclusions -- Western Middle Iranian -- Middle Iranian -- Past transitive constructions -- The case system -- Case and person -- Pronominal clitics -- Clitics expressing core arguments -- Past transitive verbs -- Summary of Middle Iranian -- Case systems in West Iranian -- Introduction -- Three processes -- Innovated object markers -- Inhalt -- The tatic-type languages -- Explanations for change -- Case and animacy -- Towards a solution -- Summary of case -- Kurdish (northern group) -- Introduction -- Overview of the morphosyntax -- The canonical ergative construction -- Deviations from canonical ergativity -- Summary of deviations -- Evidence from Badynany -- Summary of the northern group -- The central group -- Introduction -- Suleimani morphosyntax -- Past transitive constructions -- Aligning case and agreement -- Summary of the central group -- Desire, obligation, possession, and ergativity -- Conclusions -- A brief synopsis -- Areal pressure and alignment change -- Alignment in Indo-European -- On explanations for change -- Appendices -- Case in Old Persian -- Changing rules of clitic placement. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Iranian languages Verb. Iranian languages Ergative constructions. Iranian languages Transitivity. Iranian languages Tense. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Empirical approaches to language typology ; 37. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10256575 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 31120 31120