Aspects of Split Ergativity

Author:   Jessica Coon (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, McGill University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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Pages:   290
Publication Date:   19 September 2013
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Author:   Jessica Coon (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, McGill University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.615kg
ISBN:  

9780199858743


ISBN 10:   0199858748
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   19 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Part I Complementation in Chol Chapter 2. Mayan background and clause structure Chapter 3. Verbs and nouns in Chol Chapter 4. Explaining split ergativity in Chol Part II A theory of split ergativity Chapter 5. Beyond Mayan Chapter 6. The grammar of temporal relations Chapter 7. Conclusion Appendix A Abbreviations Appendix B Narrative text abbreviations Appendix C Summary of basic constructions

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Coon's monograph is to be recommended most highly. Michelle Sheehan, Linguistic Variation


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Jessica Coon is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at McGill University. She completed her PhD at MIT in 2010 and spent one year as a post-doc at Harvard before accepting a SSHRC Banting Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at McGill University. She joined the faculty at McGill in 2011. Her work focuses on the morphology and syntax of under-documented languages. She has more than a decade of experience working on languages of the Mayan family.

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