Object ordering in verbs marking two pronominal objects: Non-explanation and explanation

Linguistic Typology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-231

  Gensler, Orin D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affix order; Animacy; Arabic; Basic word order; Cliticization; Cross reference; Direct object; Ditransitive verbs; Double object construction; Grammaticalization; Indirect object; Phonological weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844549238     PISSN: 14300532     EISSN: 1613415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/lity.2003.015     Document Type: Article

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