Case Marking in Hindi as the Weaker Language

Case Marking in Hindi as the Weaker Language

Does language dominance modulate knowledge of case marking in Hindi-speaking bilinguals? Hindi is a split ergative language with a rich morphological case system. Subjects of transitive perfective predicates are marked with ergative case (-ne). Human specific direct objects, indirect objects, and da...

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Main Authors: Silvina Montrul, Archna Bhatia, Rakesh Bhatt, Vandana Puri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Hindi
dominance
heritage speakers
second language
case
ergativity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00461/full

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