Ergative Constructions in Indo-Aryan

So-called ergative constructions are one of the most interesting pheno- mena of the NIA syntex Originally it is an OIA 'passive' turn with verb al adjectives in -ta, -na-, etc. Gonda affirms that "this category is not a young one. In original Indo-European it must have been in frequent use as verbal and other (especially

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मिल्टनर एर्गेटिव रचना का विकास दिखाते हैं — प्राचीन भारतीय-आर्य के -त कृदन्त से पालि, प्राकृत और अपभ्रंश होते हुए आधुनिक भाषाओं तक। वे हिन्दी, गुजराती, मराठी, नेपाली के प्रयोग की तुलना करते हैं, तथा गोन्दा, बरो, ब्लॉख और सक्सेना के मतों की परीक्षा कर इस प्रसार के कारण पूछते हैं। Miltner traces the ergative construction from the Old Indo-Aryan participle in -ta through Pali, Prakrit and Apabhramsa into the modern languages. He compares usage in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Nepali and the rest, weighs Gonda, Burrow, Bloch and Saksena, and asks what stimulated the pattern's spread.

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