Non-structural case marking in Tibeto-Burman and artificial languages
This paper discusses the diachronic development of non-structural case marking in Tibeto-Burman and in computer simulations of language evolution. It is shown how case marking is initially motivated by the pragmatic need to disambiguate between two core arguments, but eventually may develop flagging...
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Main Authors: | Coupe, Alexander R., Lestrade, Sander |
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Other Authors: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2018
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87444 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44461 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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