Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo

Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo

Lhaovo, a Burmish language, has a set of postpositional case-markers. Two core arguments of transitive verbs can both be marked with -∅, but the argument P (object) can also be marked with the accusative case-marker -re, and the argument A (subject) can also be marked with the instrumental cas...

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Main Author: Sawada, Hideo
Other Authors: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign studies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Arts and Humanities
Lhaovo
Case-marker
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177648
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Lhaovo, a Burmish language, has a set of postpositional case-markers. Two core arguments of transitive verbs can both be marked with -∅, but the argument P (object) can also be marked with the accusative case-marker -re, and the argument A (subject) can also be marked with the instrumental case-marker -TAyaŋF . In this paper we observe the factors which determine the distribution of the case-markers, and consider the causes of the factors.

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