TY - GEN AB - Examines the phenomenon of ergativity, a grammatical patterning whereby direct objects are in some way treated like intransitive subjects, to the exclusion of transitive subjects. It includes theoretical approaches from generative, typological, and functional paradigms, as well as 16 language-specific case studies. AU - Coon, Jessica, AU - Massam, Diane, AU - Travis, Lisa deMena, CN - Oxford Handbooks Online CN - P291.5 ID - 811995 KW - Grammar, Comparative and general LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739371.001.0001 N2 - Examines the phenomenon of ergativity, a grammatical patterning whereby direct objects are in some way treated like intransitive subjects, to the exclusion of transitive subjects. It includes theoretical approaches from generative, typological, and functional paradigms, as well as 16 language-specific case studies. SN - 9780191802362 T1 - The Oxford handbook of ergativity / TI - The Oxford handbook of ergativity / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739371.001.0001 ER -