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Dear Raheleh,<br>
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ergative to accusative is attested, and there is a vast literature
related to it; a couple of pointers that might help:<br>
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Claims for a shift from ergative to accusative alignment for a
number of languages of Australia are discussed in e.g. Alan Dench's
paper "Insubordination: the accusative revolution in Australian
languages" (available on academia.edu)<br>
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For West Iranian languages, relevant material is summed up in: Haig,
G. 2008. Alignment change in Iranian languages. A Construction
Grammar approach. Berlin: Mouton.<br>
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For alignment changes in various directions in Indo-Aryan, see,
among many others, Saartje Verbeke's recent monograph.<br>
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For languages of Amazonia see: Gildea / Queixalós (eds.) 2010.
Ergativity in Amazonia. Amsterdam: Benjamins.<br>
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Best wishes<br>
Geoff<br>
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<b>Betreff:</b> ergative to accusative alignment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thank
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<p class="MsoNormal">kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Raheleh Izadifar<o:p></o:p></p>
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