Formal and Functional aspects of the development from passive to ergative systems

Estival, Dominique; Myhill, John

doi:10.1075/tsl.16.15est

In:Passive and Voice
Edited by Masayoshi Shibatani
[Typological Studies in Language 16] 1988
► pp. 441–491

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Formal and Functional aspects of the development from passive to ergative systems

Dominique Estival

John Myhill

Published online: 1 January 1988

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.16.15est

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