Journal article
Alignment shift as functional markedness reversal
- Abstract:
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In this paper, we propose treating alignment shift as a process of functional markedness reversal in the domain of semantically transitive constructions. We illustrate how this approach allows us to capture similarities between the alignment shifts in Eskimo-Aleut and Western Austronesian languages, despite morphosyntactic differences in their voice systems. Using three diagnostics of functional markedness (semantic transitivity, topic continuity of P, and discourse frequency), we compare ant...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- John Benjamins Publishing Company Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Historical Linguistics Journal website
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 299-341
- Publication date:
- 2021-07-23
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-02-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2210-2124
- ISSN:
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2210-2116
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1194006
- Local pid:
- pubs:1194006
- Deposit date:
- 2021-09-09
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- Copyright holder:
- John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from the John Benjamins Publishing Company at https://doi.org/10.1075/jhl.20017.jan
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