The clitic status of person markers in Sorani Kurdish

The ambiguous nature of clitics challenges simple distinctions between morphology and syntax. Clitic properties also feature in theoretical accounts of ergativity. In this paper we analyze the nature of the person markers in Sorani Kurdish. The direct person markers are conventionally treated as ver...

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Main Authors: Hiba Gharib, Clifton Pye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas 2018-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journals.ku.edu/kwpl/article/view/17204