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Article: On ergativity in Bumthang
Title | On ergativity in Bumthang |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Bhutan Bumthang Differential subject marking Ergative case Information structure Tibeto-Burman Variable case marking |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | Linguistic Society of America. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.lsadc.org |
Citation | Language (Washington), 2016, v. 92 n. 1, p. 179-188 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This report investigates the uses of the ergative case marker in transitive clauses in Bumthang, a language of Central Bhutan. We discuss the conditions under which the ergative is required and show that a simple analysis involving multiple influences models the data. Previous studies have shown that variable case marking may be determined by syntactic, semantic, or pragmatic factors, but in Bumthang we see that all of these factors play a role in determining the use of the ergative case marker. We hope that our analysis will prove useful for understanding the variable uses of the ergative case marker in Himalayan and other languages as well as providing interesting challenges for formal models of case marking. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/224966 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.803 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Donohue, CJ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Donohue, MH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-18T03:34:49Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-18T03:34:49Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Language (Washington), 2016, v. 92 n. 1, p. 179-188 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0097-8507 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/224966 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This report investigates the uses of the ergative case marker in transitive clauses in Bumthang, a language of Central Bhutan. We discuss the conditions under which the ergative is required and show that a simple analysis involving multiple influences models the data. Previous studies have shown that variable case marking may be determined by syntactic, semantic, or pragmatic factors, but in Bumthang we see that all of these factors play a role in determining the use of the ergative case marker. We hope that our analysis will prove useful for understanding the variable uses of the ergative case marker in Himalayan and other languages as well as providing interesting challenges for formal models of case marking. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Linguistic Society of America. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.lsadc.org | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Language (Washington) | - |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2016 Cathryn Donohue and Mark Donohue. This article is available online at 10.1353/lan.2016.0004 | - |
dc.subject | Bhutan | - |
dc.subject | Bumthang | - |
dc.subject | Differential subject marking | - |
dc.subject | Ergative case | - |
dc.subject | Information structure | - |
dc.subject | Tibeto-Burman | - |
dc.subject | Variable case marking | - |
dc.title | On ergativity in Bumthang | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Donohue, CJ: donohue@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Donohue, CJ=rp01762 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1353/lan.2016.0004 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84962394060 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 257647 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 92 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 179 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 188 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000371846200006 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0097-8507 | - |