Stability and flexibility of word order in East Greenlandic Tunumiisut
Proceedings of the colloque 'Crisis and stability', INALCO, december 2004 International audience Eskimo languages have generally been characterized as SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) languages, with this configuration representing a “clearly dominant pragmatically neutral ordering pattern” . The...
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Language: | English |
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2004
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Online Access: | https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00285592 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00285592/document https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00285592/file/stabart5sct.pdf |
Summary: | Proceedings of the colloque 'Crisis and stability', INALCO, december 2004 International audience Eskimo languages have generally been characterized as SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) languages, with this configuration representing a “clearly dominant pragmatically neutral ordering pattern” . The goal of this article will be to evaluate the relative stability or flexibility of this pattern in Tunumiisut. |
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