Место издания:Centre for Applied Llnguistics and Translation Studies, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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Аннотация:It has been demonstrated that languages of Himalaya proper (e.g.,Tibetan, Ladakhi, etc) and certain Indo-Aryan languages demonstrate whole-system ergativity determined by transitive verbs. The rest of the Indo-Aryan show split-type ergativity determined by the transitive-cum-perfective participial component of the predicate. The split ergativity in Iranian and in the Kartvelian languages of the Caucasus is based on the Past tense of transitive verb. The rest of the Caucasian languages as well as the Basque (Euskara) language of Spain demonstrate subtypes of whole-system ergativity. The specificity of each concrete language system has been analysed in detail.