Differential object marking and information structure: on the function of two different pronominal accusatives in Komi and Khanty dialects

The present contribution calls attention to a marginal but interesting phenomenon of variation in grammar, namely the employment of two different accusative markings for pronominal objects encountered (i) in dialect texts from the Komi varieties of Upper Vym’ and Luza, and (ii) in varieties of Kaz...

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Main Author: Gerson Klumpp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2012-12-01
Series:Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15351