The myth of the Caucasian Sprachbund: The case of ergativity

Lingua

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-29

  Tuite, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Areal linguistics; Caucasian languages; Ergativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041705108     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3841(98)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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