Topicality, Ergativity, and Transitivity in Narrative Discourse: Evidence from Chamorro

Cooreman, Ann

doi:10.1075/sl.6.3.03coo

Article published In: Studies in Language
Vol. 6:3 (1982) ► pp.343–374

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Topicality, Ergativity, and Transitivity in Narrative Discourse

Evidence from Chamorro

Ann Cooreman | University of Oregon

Published online: 1 January 1982

https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.6.3.03coo

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