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... verb . The sec- ond exceptional agreement pattern is cross - clausal agreement , which is not subject to a sentience restriction . This , I argue , is because the controller in cross - clausal agreement is a discourse topic , and as ...
... verb . The sec- ond exceptional agreement pattern is cross - clausal agreement , which is not subject to a sentience restriction . This , I argue , is because the controller in cross - clausal agreement is a discourse topic , and as ...
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... verb . The white dots represent SV languages , in which the subject more commonly precedes the verb . Map 8 leaves out a third type shown on the map in Dryer ( 2005a ) , namely languages lacking a dominant order of subject and verb ...
... verb . The white dots represent SV languages , in which the subject more commonly precedes the verb . Map 8 leaves out a third type shown on the map in Dryer ( 2005a ) , namely languages lacking a dominant order of subject and verb ...
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Verb - subject word order Subject - verb word order Map 8. Order of subject and verb . Being VS is largely equivalent to being verb - initial ( the latter implying both VS and VO , i.e. , verb preceding object ) , since OVS languages ...
Verb - subject word order Subject - verb word order Map 8. Order of subject and verb . Being VS is largely equivalent to being verb - initial ( the latter implying both VS and VO , i.e. , verb preceding object ) , since OVS languages ...
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Julie Brittain Carrie Dyck Yvan Rose Marguerite MacKenzie | 29 |
Clare Cook | 47 |
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