Differential subject marking

Although (almost) all sentences have subjects, not all sentences encode their subjects in the same way. Some languages overtly mark some subjects, but not others, depending on certain features of the subject argument or the sentence in which the subject figures. This phenomenon is known as Different...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hoop, Helen de, 1964- (-), Swart, Peter de
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht ; London : Springer 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ; v. 72.
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