Ergative is not inherent: Evidence from *ABA in suppletion and syncretism

I show that case syncretism obeys the same *ABA restriction previously observed in case-sensitive suppletion: no Vocabulary-Insertion rule can apply to both an inherent case and an unmarked core case (nominative/absolutive) without also applying to another core case (accusative/ergative). The case h...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zompì, Stanislao
Outros Autores: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Formato: Artigo
Publicado em: Ubiquity Press, Ltd. 2020
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123542