Speaker: Sasha Podobryaev
Title: Ergative vs. Active-Stative Alignment
Time: Monday, February 28, 11.30-12.30PM
Location: 32-D461
This talk addresses some issues raised by Legate’s (2008) theory of ergative
alignment and its “dependent case” alternatives. We will discuss the
empirical basis for Legate’s ABS=DEF/ABS=NOM distinction in ergative
languages and the applicability of this distinction to active-stative
(split-S) systems.