Grammaticalization of number: From demonstratives to nominal and verbal plural

Linguistic Typology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-242

  Frajzyngier, Zygmunt ^a  

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Author keywords

Chadic; Demonstratives; Ergative; Grammaticalization; Nominal plural; Verbal plural

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845647170     PISSN: 14300532     EISSN: 1613415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/lity.1997.1.2.193     Document Type: Article

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