Referential Hierarchies in Three-Participant Constructions in Blackfoot: The Effects of Animacy, Person, and Specificity

This paper discusses alignment patterns in three-participant constructions in Blackfoot (Western Algonquian; Canada, USA). We demonstrate the effects of referential hierarchies relating to animacy, person and specificity. Blackfoot verbs stem are subcategorized for transitivity and the animacy of S...

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Main Authors: Lena Russell, Inge Genee, Eva van Lier, Fernando Zúñiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dartmouth College Library 2012-01-01
Series:Linguistic Discovery
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.416