nonesuch 138

nonesuch 138: mixed ergative-accusative alignment,
with person prefixes on intransitive verbs cross-referencing subject and person prefixes on transitive verbs cross-referencing object (=absolutive),
while verbs also take person suffixes, which cross-reference subject both with intransitives and transitives (=nominative)

Where found

Burushaski (isolate)

Domain

syntax

Subdomain

grammatical relations: alignment

Keywords

nominative, absolutive, cross-reference, person, intransitive, transitive

Type

nonesuch

Universals violated

?

Source

Berger, Hermann (1992). Das Burushaski: Schicksale einer zentralasiatischen Restsprache. In Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Jg. 1992, Bericht 1, p. 21