Rara #90
Legacy number: 90
| Number | 90 |
| Phenomenon | accusative alignment for proper names and kin terms (as used for address), tripartite alignment for singular pronouns, neutral alignment for non-singular pronouns and plural common nouns, ergative alignment for non-plural common nouns |
| Found in | Kalaw Lagaw La (Saibai dialect) (Pama-Nyungan, Australian) |
| Domain | syntax — grammatical relations: alignment |
| Type | nonesuch |
| Keywords | referential hierarchy, proper names, kin terms, personal pronouns, number |
| Source | Comrie, Bernard (1981). Ergativity and grammatical relations in Kalaw Lagaw La (Saibai Dialect). Australian Journal of Linguistics 1: 1-42. |
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