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Subjects, objects and relativization in Japhug
- Journal of Chinese Linguistics
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
- Volume 44, Number 1, January 2016
- pp. 1-28
- 10.1353/jcl.2016.0005
- Article
- Additional Information
Japhug is a language with ergative alignment on NP arguments and direct-inverse verbal indexation. However, this paper, through a detailed description of relativizing constructions in Japhug, shows the existence of accusative pivots and proposes an unambiguous definition of ‘subjects’ and ‘objects’ in this language.