Two modalities of case assignment: Case in Sakha

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 593-642

  Baker, Mark C ^a   Vinokurova, Nadya ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agreement; Case assignment; Dependent case; Sakha; Turkic languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956580493     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-010-9105-1     Document Type: Article

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