This dissertation investigates the nature of Differential Object Marking (DOM), using Spanish
as a case study. It proposes that DOM arises from an interaction between case and …

Languages that have aspectually-conditioned ergativity splits generally oppose a" perfect"
tense (often called perfective or aorist), with ergative-absolutive case pattern, to an …

Syntactic variation can be ascribed to a range of factors. The Borer-Chomsky conjecture, as
Mark Baker (2008) refers to it, states for instance that all parameters of variation are …

The volume investigates the different alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan and shows that the
variation of alignment patterns in Indo-Aryan goes beyond the opposition between …

In this article I propose that creoles are relatively transparent compared to their source
languages. This means that they display more one-to-one relations between meaning and …

This dissertation provides a description and analysis of the syntax of Nukuoro, an
understudied Polynesian Outlier language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia. A …

The aim of this thesis is to examine the dialect continuum in the Bhil tribal belt of western
India, using it as the basis for a comparative grammatical study of the Indo-Aryan language …

Abstract The Western Indo-Aryan languages are known for their aspect-based split
ergativity, where subjects in the perfective are marked with an ergative case and unmarked …

I like reading prefaces of dissertations. They always seem spontaneous, even lyrical, and
often totally different from the dry and serious chapters following them. No wonder I was …

This paper demonstrates that Darjeeling Nepali, a «dialect» or variety of Nepali exhibits
ergative patterns and verbal agreement paradigms that differ from those in the mainland …