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
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Published: 2024
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1776482024-05-29T08:13:34Z Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo Sawada, Hideo Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign studies Arts and Humanities Lhaovo Case-marker 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. Published version 2024-05-29T08:13:33Z 2024-05-29T08:13:33Z 2012 Journal Article Sawada, H. (2012). Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 35(1), 15-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.35.1.02 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177648 10.32655/LTBA.35.1.02 1 35 15 34 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2012 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Lhaovo
Case-marker
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Lhaovo
Case-marker
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Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo
description 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.
author2 Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign studies
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title Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo
title_short Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo
title_full Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo
title_fullStr Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo
title_full_unstemmed Optional marking of NPs with core case functions P and A in Lhaovo
title_sort optional marking of nps with core case functions p and a in lhaovo
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