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Universal 609:

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Universal 609:

Original
Reference clauses for Switch-Reference marking are never subordinate to Marking clauses.
Standardized
Reference clauses for Switch-Reference marking are never subordinate to Marking clauses.
Keywords
switch-reference
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Haiman & Munro 1983
Source
Haiman & Munro 1983: xii
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Following Munro 1980, Haiman & Munro identify the clause in which switch-reference is marked as the marking clause, and the clause with reference to which it is marked as the reference clause.

    1. May 2020

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