Non-canonical marking of core arguments in European languages

Haspelmath, Martin

doi:10.1075/tsl.46.04has

In:Non-canonical Marking of Subjects and Objects
Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon and Masayuki Onishi
[Typological Studies in Language 46] 2001
► pp. 53–84

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Non-canonical marking of core arguments in European languages

Martin Haspelmath

Published online: 12 July 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.46.04has

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