nonesuch 90: 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
Where found
Kalaw Lagaw La (Saibai dialect) (Pama-Nyungan, Australian)
Domain
syntax
Subdomain
grammatical relations: alignment
Keywords
referential hierarchy, proper names, kin terms, personal pronouns, number
Type
nonesuch
Universals violated
Source
Comrie, Bernard (1981). Ergativity and grammatical relations in Kalaw Lagaw La (Saibai Dialect). Australian Journal of Linguistics 1: 1-42.
