ergative to accusative alignment

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Hi Raheleh,


The mechanisms I’m aware of are:


antipassive > transitive (Kartvelian)


reanalysis of topic pronouns (Proto-Daghestan)


extension of ergative marking to new contexts (Mayan, Kartvelian, Tibeto-Burman)



The first two are discussed in Harris & Campbell (1995), and the third in Dixon (1994).


Harris, Alice & Lyle Campbell. 1995. Historical syntax in cross-linguistic perspective. Cambridge University Press.


Dixon, R.M.W. 1994. Ergativity. Cambridge University Press.


very best,




Daniel W. Hieber
Graduate Student in Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
www.danielhieber.com

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From: Raheleh Izadi Far
Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎January‎ ‎8‎, ‎2014 ‎4‎:‎24‎ ‎AM
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Dear all,


Does anybody know about languages which have changed from ergative alignment to accusative alignment? or does anybody know about the mechanisms involved in such a change? what are the studies concerning this issue? and if there are any, are they accessible online? 

Thank you very much in advance

kind regards,
Raheleh Izadifar
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