Selectives (“topic markers”) on subordinate clauses

This typological study based on data from a parallel text corpus is a two-step investigation of selectives (“topic markers”). First, a set of selectives in 81 languages from all continents is compiled on the basis of their occurrence with emphatic personal pronouns in contrast constructions. In a se...

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Main Author: Wälchli Bernhard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2022-09-01
Series:Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0242