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Title: Typologizing semantic alignment
Author: Alastair Wilson
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Degree Awarded: University of Manchester , Department of English and American Studies
Degree Date: 2005
Linguistic Subfield(s): Typology
Director(s): Andrew McIntyre
Abstract:

This dissertation will attempt to create a rigid typology of semantic alignment, both according to formal-functional and lexical properties. The formal-functional typology will contextualize the alignment type in relation to other alignment types, according to the morphosyntactic shape and the distribution of the cases in question; a number of parameters, such as iconicity, token frequency, syncretism and the like and compared, between cases and between languages. The lexical typology will use multidimensional scaling to establish the typological proximity of lexical entries, according to coding patterns used, and determine how significant factors such as Aktionsart and control are in distinguishing cases in semantic alignment.
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