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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Dartmouth College Library
2012-01-01
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Series: | Linguistic Discovery |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.416 |