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Authors: Peter de Swart
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This dissertation shows how languages differ in their morphosyntactic sensitivity to variations in the semantics of direct objects. Whereas some languages refle
Diachrony of differential argument marking
Language: en
Pages: 566
Authors: Ilja A. Seržant
Categories: Historical linguistics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Language Science Press

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While there are languages that code a particular grammatical role (e.g. subject or direct object) in one and the same way across the board, many more languages
The Semantics of Case
Language: en
Pages: 307
Authors: Olga Kagan
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-16 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Based on data from a wide range of languages, the book discusses the ways in which case interacts with meaning.
Differential Subject Marking
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: Helen de Hoop
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-04 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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Not all sentences encode their subjects in the same way. Some languages overtly mark some subjects depending on certain features of the subject argument or the
The Diachrony of Differential Object Marking in Romanian
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Virginia Hill
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This book provides a comprehensive investigation of the origins, development, and stabilization of differential object marking (DOM) in Romanian. DOM, a means b