Hierarchy of features and ergativity

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1976-04-14chapterZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)1,532 citationsgreen

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Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Linguistics and Cultural Studies Categorization, perception, and language

Abstract

This seminal paper most prominently discusses ergative case marking systems and how the use of ergative case is limited by different features of nouns and pronouns in different languages.

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