Syntactic Ergativity in Tongan

Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 65, Issue , 2006, Pages 79-107

  Otsuka, Yuko ^a  

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Author keywords

Case Feature; Embed Clause; Head Noun; Relative Clause; Relative Pronoun

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102005699     PISSN: 09244670     EISSN: 22150358     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4188-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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