The bi-absolutive construction in Nakh-Daghestanian

Folia Linguistica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-108

  Forker, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspect; Bi absolutive; Diferential subject marking; Information structure; Nakh Daghestanian; Split ergativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863754143     PISSN: 01654004     EISSN: 16147308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/flin.2012.3     Document Type: Article

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