Revisiting "split ergativity" in Cavineña

International Journal of American Linguistics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-192

  Guillaume, Antoine ^a  

^a Institut des Sciences de l'Homme   (France)

Author keywords

Amazonian languages; Independent bound pronouns; Second position clitics; Split ergativity; Tacanan family

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248700012     PISSN: 00207071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507164     Document Type: Review

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