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University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, USA

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Topics on antipassivization and pivot construction in ergative languages have drawn many discussions among linguists. Different approaches and accounts have been proposed. However, ergative-absolutive case assignment and phenomena like split ergativity are still harsh questions for linguists to offer a natural and proper explanation. This present paper, based on the discussion on Manning’s Inverse Grammatical Relation account (Manning, 1995), proposes a modified approach on case assignment and antipassivization rule for the pivot construction of certain ergative languages within HPSG framework. This would bring more lights to the understanding of ergativity in the future.

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ergativity, antipassivization, pivot construction

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