The diachronic typology of non-canonical subjects /
In this paper I have examined several instances in which an oblique constituent acquires canonical subject marking, i.e. nominative case and verbal agreement (in an accusative language). These instances show that an oblique constituent may acquire subject coding properties without being beforehand e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2013]
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 140 |
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