ALIGNMENT CHANGE AND TRANSITIVITY AS MEANS TO CLASSIFY LANGUAGES

ALIGNMENT CHANGE AND TRANSITIVITY AS MEANS TO CLASSIFY LANGUAGES

Author:  Ju. Toyota

Abstract: 
This paper proves that transitivity itself is realized differently according to each language. At earlier onsets of development, transitivity is expressed on semantic base, whereas in modern languages it is integrated into syntactic structures.

Keywords:  alignment, transitivity, historical development, language contacts