Ergative switching in Mabuyag

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1978-05

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University of Calgary

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It is the intent of this thesis to examine a rule of syntax in Mabuyag, a language of the Western Torres Strait, and to determine what concerning this rule (called Ergative Swtiching (ES)) is language specific and what falls from a general theory. I show how a rule which appears to be language specific can be better accounted for as a part of a general theory rather than as a language specific fact.

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Linguistics, Syntax, Mabuyag language, Grammar, Comparative and general--Ergative constructions

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Roberts, J. L. (1978). Ergative switching in Mabuyag. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 4(Spring), 65-128.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51269

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Volume 04, Spring 1978

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