Hierarchical alignment in Movima

International Journal of American Linguistics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-532

  Haude, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazonian languages; Direct inverse; Hierarchical alignment; Pivot; Split ergativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649095056     PISSN: 00207071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650552     Document Type: Article

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