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Animacy in Two Chinantec Variants
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Rupp, James E
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2009
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19 pages
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This paper describes the marking for animacy in two varieties of Chinantec, Lealao and Ozumacín. Concord agreement for animacy is required throughout the nominal phrase. In addition, the verb is marked for animacy of its arguments following an ergative-absolutive system.
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SIL-Mexico Electronic Working Papers, 7
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10699