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While there are languages that code a particular grammatical role (e.g. subject or direct object) in one and the same way across the board, many more languages code the same grammatical roles differentially. The variables which condition the differential argument marking (or DAM) pertain to various properties of the NP (such as animacy or definiteness) or to event semantics or various properties of the clause. While the main line of current research on DAM is mainly synchronic the volume tackles the diachronic perspective. The tenet is that the emergence and the development of differential marking systems provide a different kind of evidence for the understanding of the phenomenon. The present volume consists of 18 chapters and primarily brings together diachronic case studies on particular languages or language groups including e.g. Finno-Ugric, Sino-Tibetan and Japonic languages. The volume also includes a position paper, which provides an overview of the typology of different subtypes of DAM systems, a chapter on computer simulation of the emergence of DAM and a chapter devoted to the cross-linguistic effects of referential hierarchies on DAM.
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The diachronic typology of differential argument marking Edited by Ilja A. Seržant Alena Witzlack-Makarevich Studies in Diversity Linguistics 19 language science press Studies in Diversity Linguistics Editor: Martin Haspelmath In this series: 1. Handschuh, Corinna. A typology of marked-S languages. 2. Rießler, Michael. Adjective attribution. 3. Klamer, Marian (ed.). The Alor-Pantar languages: History and typology. 4. Berghäll, Liisa. A grammar of Mauwake (Papua New Guinea). 5. Wilbur, Joshua. A grammar of Pite Saami. 6. Dahl, Östen. Grammaticalization in the North: Noun phrase morphosyntax in Scandinavian vernaculars. 7. Schackow, Diana. A grammar of Yakkha. 8. Liljegren, Henrik. A grammar of Palula. 9. Shimelman, Aviva. A grammar of Yauyos Quechua. 10. Rudin, Catherine & Bryan James Gordon (eds.). Advances in the study of Siouan languages and linguistics. 11. Kluge, Angela. A grammar of Papuan Malay. 12. Kieviet, Paulus. A grammar of Rapa Nui. 13. Michaud, Alexis. Tone in Yongning Na: Lexical tones and morphotonology. 14. Enfield, N. J (ed.). Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems . 15. Gutman, Ariel. Attributive constructions in North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic. 16. Bisang, Walter & Andrej Malchukov (eds.). Unity and diversity in grammaticalization scenarios. 17. Stenzel, Kristine & Patrizia Paggio (eds.). On this and other worlds: Voices from Amazonia. 18. Paggio, Patrizia and Albert Gatt (eds.). The languages of Malta. 19. Ilja A. Seržant & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich (eds.). The diachronic typology of differential argument marking. ISSN: 2363-5568 The diachronic typology of differential argument marking Edited by Ilja A. Seržant Alena Witzlack-Makarevich language science press Ilja A. Seržant & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich (eds.). 2018. The diachronic typology of differential argument marking (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 19). Berlin: Language Science Press. This title can be downloaded at: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/173 © 2018, the authors Published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence (CC BY 4.0): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ISBN: 978-3-96110-085-9 (Digital) 978-3-96110-086-6 (Hardcover) ISSN: 2363-5568 DOI:10.5281/zenodo.1219168 Source code available from www.github.com/langsci/173 Collaborative reading: paperhive.org/documents/remote?type=langsci&id=173 Cover and concept of design: Ulrike Harbort Typesetting: Alena Witzlack-Makarevich, Sebastian Nordhoff Proofreading: Ahmet Bilal Özdemir, Amr Zawawy, Andreas Hoelzl, Annie Zaenen, Eitan Grossman, Eva Schultze-Berndt, Hugo Cardoso, Ivan Salgado, Liubov Baladzhaeva, Jeroen v