Nepali as an ergative language
The definition of ergativity that I'm adopting is a broad one, outlined by Bernard Comrie in "The Ergative: Variations on a Tnese." It applies to such widely scattered languages as Chuck :bee (Siberia), Basque, Walbiri (Australia), Vejnakhian, and Georgian--to languages which are div...
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178643 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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| Summary: | The definition of ergativity that I'm adopting is a broad one, outlined by Bernard Comrie in "The Ergative: Variations on a Tnese." It applies to such widely scattered languages as Chuck :bee (Siberia), Basque, Walbiri (Australia), Vejnakhian,
and Georgian--to languages which are divergent from one another genetically and typologically. |
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