Aspects of Split Ergativity
Jessica Coon
Aug 2013 · Oxford University Press
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Aspects of Split Ergativity argues that aspect-based split ergativity does not mark a split in how Case is assigned, but rather, a split in sentence structure. The contexts in which we find the appearance of a nonergative pattern in an otherwise ergative language-namely, the nonperfective aspects-involve an intransitive aspectual matrix verb and a subordinated lexical verb.
About the author
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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