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The rise and fall of semantic alignment in North Halmahera, Indonesia

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Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Categorization, perception, and language

Abstract

Abstract This chapter compares alignment patterns across the North Halmaheran (West Papuan) languages, concluding that formal patterns of alignment are inherently unstable. Semantically aligned systems are shown to have arisen from originally syntactically aligned system through the loss of pleonastic actor pronouns.

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