Deictic marking in adpositions in Ap Ma and Waran
Two neighboring languages of the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, Ap Ma (Keram) and Waran (Ramu), exhibit an unusual structure in adpositional phrases. In both languages, all postpositions that govern nouns are obligatorily marked with deictic prefixes that indicate the position of the referent of...
Main Authors: | Don Killian, Russell Barlow |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2022-04-01
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Series: | Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads |
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Online Access: | https://typologyatcrossroads.unibo.it/article/view/13575 |
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