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Non-canonical marking of subjects and objects /

In some languages every subject is marked in the same way, and also every object. But there are languages in which a small set of verbs mark their subjects or their objects in an unusual way. For example, most verbs may mark their subject with nominative case, but one small set of verbs may have dat...

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Other Authors: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna), Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-, Onishi, Masayuki, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2001.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Topic and comment.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9789027298027
9027298025
9781588110435
1588110435
9781588110442
1588110443
1282162365
9781282162365
9786612162367
6612162368
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • NON-CANONICAL MARKING OF SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • LCC page
  • Table of contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Non-canonically marked subjects and objects: Parameters and properties
  • Non-canonical marking of core arguments in European languages
  • Noncanonical A/S marking in Icelandic
  • Non-canonically marked S/A in Bengali
  • Non-Canonically Marked A/S in Imbabura Quechua
  • Verb types, non-canonically marked arguments and grammatical relations: A Tariana perspective
  • Impersonal Constructions in Amele
  • Non-canonical subjects and objects in Finnish
  • Non-canonical constructions in Japanese
  • Language Index
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE (TSL).

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