Vestigial ergativity in Shughni: At the intersection of alignment, clitic doubling, and feature-driven movement
This paper provides an account of two related aspects of the past-tense morphosyntax of Shughni (Eastern Iranian): (i) the use of second-position clitics, rather than the verbal suffixes of the present tense, to index past-tense subjects’ 'φ'-features; and (ii) a curious alignment pattern...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/799 |