Open AccessThe Ergative Morphosyntax in Danuwar
Author(s) -
Manu Chaudhary
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of department of english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2091-1653
DOI - 10.3126/jodem.v10i1.30401
Subject(s) - ergative case , linguistics , transitive relation , demotion , section (typography) , syntax , computer science , verb , political science , philosophy , mathematics , law , combinatorics , politics , operating system
This article is an attempt to analyse ergativity in Danuwar clauses. It is organized into four sections. First section provides the theoretical background where attempts are made to explain the concept of ergativity. The next section deals with the morphology of ergativity in Danuwar. Then after, efforts are made to analyse the syntax of ergativity in the language in terms of constituent order, transitivity, verb agreement, control site, case demotion, and coordinate construction. Finally, the main findings of the paper are summarized.