From possessor agreement to object marking in the evolution of the Udmurt -jez suffix: A grammaticalization approach to morpheme syncretism
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DOI: 10.1353/lan.2018.0052
Abstract: Abstract:This article argues that morpheme syncretism can arise as a result of structural and functional changes that display features of a grammaticalization process. Our claim is based on a case study analyzing the functional evolution… read more here.
Keywords: agreement; morpheme syncretism; evolution; jez ... See more keywords