• Accusative alignment in the Old Tibetan switch reference system

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    Hill, Nathan�W., Accusative alignment in the Old Tibetan switch reference system, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 4, 2, 2022, 300-311

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    The use of ནས་ -nas to mark cross-clausal co-reference in Version I of the Old Tibetan Rāmāyaṇa reveals accusative alignment in Tibetan syntax, which in turn vindicates the notion of ‘subject’ applied to Tibetan.

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    Tibetan, Ergativity, Old Tibetan, Rāmāyaṇa
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    Author: Hill, Nathan

    Type of material: Journal Article