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The alignment splits in the Neo-Aramaic languages display a considerable degree of diversity, especially in terms of agreement. While earlier studies have generally oversimplified the actual state of affairs, Paul M. Noorlander offers a meticulous and clear account of nearly all microvariation documented so far, addressing all relevant morphosyntactic phenomena. By means of fully glossed and translated examples, the author shows that this vast variation in morphological alignment, including ergativity, is unexpected from a functional typological perspective. He argues the alignment splits are rather the outcome of several construction-specific processes such as internal system harmonization and grammaticalization, as well as language contact.

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Author:   Paul M. Noorlander
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   103
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9789004448179

ISBN 10:   9004448179
Pages:   438
Publication Date:   26 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Figures, Maps and Tables Abbreviations and Symbols 1 Introduction  1.1 Ergativity, an Enigma in Semitic Linguistics?  1.2 Neo-Aramaic Dialects in the Land of Rivers  1.5 Previous Approaches to Alignment in Eastern Neo-Aramaic  1.6 Aims and Scope of This Book  1.7 Sources and Transcription Conventions  1.8 Outline 2 Who Did What to Whom in the Context of Neo-Aramaic  2.1 Main Components of Verbal Inflection in Neo-Aramaic  2.2 (Pro)nominals and Verbal Constructions Derived from (Pro)nominals  2.3 Defining and Identifying the Alignment of Who Did What to Whom  2.4 Conclusion: A Construction-Specific Approach  2.5 Overviews of Inflection 3 Ergativity and Its Typology: The Trans-Zab Jewish Dialects  3.1 Main Morphosyntactic Hallmarks  3.2 Ergativity and Alignment Splits in Typological Perspectives  3.3 Ergativity and Patient-Related Splits in Trans-Zab Jewish NENA  3.4 Ergativity and Splits along the Tense-Aspect-Mood Scale  3.5 Ergativity and Transitivity: Argument Omission and Valency Alternations  3.6 Conclusion: Construction-Specific, Not Alignment-Specific Factors 4 Christian and Western Jewish Dialects of NENA  4.1 Preliminary Notes on Morphosyntax  4.2 Ergative or Passive? Agents In and Out of Focus  4.3 Verb-Related Factors: Grammaticalization of Resultatives  4.4 Argument-Related Factors: Harmonizing the Object  4.5 Conclusion: Cross-System Harmonization 5 Below the Tigris: The Neo-Aramaic Dialects of Ṭur ʿAbdin and Mlaḥsó  5.1 Morphosyntactic Traits of Central Neo-Aramaic  5.2 The Neo-Aramaic Dialects of Ṭur ʿAbdin  5.3 The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Mlaḥsó  5.4 The Primacy of Intransitive Coding  5.5 Summary from Stem to Stern 6 Cross-Dialectal Synopsis of the Morphosyntax  6.1 Tense-Aspect-Sensitive Splits  6.2 Morphological Splits  6.3 Splits and Transitivity Alternations  6.4 Splits Based on Argument Properties 7 General Conclusion  7.1 Constructions Leading a Life of Their Own  7.2 A Taxonomy of Major Alignment Types References Index

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Paul M. Noorlander, Ph.D. (2018) is currently a Rubicon Fellow at Leiden University seconded to the University of Cambridge. He is involved in Neo-Aramaic documentation and has published on various topics in Semitic languages and linguistics and contact with Indo-European.

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