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The Evolution of Ergativity in Iranian Languages
Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 2012 This paper presents an attempt to investigate the origins of ergativity in Iranian languages, drawing upon diachronic and synchronic analyses. In so doing, I will trace the development of the ergative structure back to Old and Middle Persian where, it is
Yadgar KARIMI
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Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond)
Studies in African Linguistics, 2020 In the literature, it is often assumed that ergative constructions originate in passive constructions. The present contribution explores the likelihood of such a passive-to-ergative analysis for one language (Tima, Niger-Congo, Sudan), showing that this
Antje Casaretto +4 more
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Glossa, 2020 This paper provides an account of two related aspects of the past-tense morphosyntax of Shughni (Eastern Iranian): (i) the use of second-position clitics, rather than the verbal suffixes of the present tense, to index past-tense subjects’ φ-features; and
Clinton Parker
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Transitivité de l’action et ses expressions en trumai (langue isolée du Haut Xingú, Brésil)
Ateliers d'Anthropologie, 2013 This article presents a preliminary approach to understanding the complex verbal system of the Trumai language, an isolated language of Upper Xingu (central Brazil).
Aurore Monod Becquelin, Cédric Becquey
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Optional or Syntactic Ergativity in Shawi: Distribution and Possible Origins
Linguistic Discovery, 2017 In this article we provide a preliminary description and analysis of the most common ergative constructions in Shawi, a Kawapanan language spoken in Northwestern Amazonia.
Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia +1 more
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The clitic status of person markers in Sorani Kurdish
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 2018 The ambiguous nature of clitics challenges simple distinctions between morphology and syntax. Clitic properties also feature in theoretical accounts of ergativity. In this paper we analyze the nature of the person markers in Sorani Kurdish.
Hiba Gharib, Clifton Pye
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Multiple ETS family transcription factors bind mutant p53 via distinct interaction regions
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Mutant p53 gain‐of‐function is thought to be mediated by interaction with other transcription factors. We identify multiple ETS transcription factors that can bind mutant p53 and found that this interaction can be promoted by a PXXPP motif. ETS proteins that strongly bound mutant p53 were upregulated in ovarian cancer compared to ETS proteins that ...
Stephanie A. Metcalf +6 more
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Tibetan -las, -nas, and -bas [PDF]
, 2012 In descriptions of Tibetan grammar it is common to treat -las and -nas together in the discussion of case marking, signalling merely that -las is capable of forming comparisons whereas -nas is not.
Hill, Nathan W.
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Combining PTEN protein assessment and transcriptomic profiling of prostate tumors, we uncovered a network enriched in senescence and extracellular matrix (ECM) programs associated with PTEN loss and conserved in a mouse model. We show that PTEN‐deficient cells trigger paracrine remodeling of the surrounding stroma and this information could help ...
Ivana Rondon‐Lorefice +16 more
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Ergative is not inherent: Evidence from *ABA in suppletion and syncretism
Glossa, 2019 I show that case syncretism obeys the same *ABA restriction previously observed in case-sensitive suppletion: no Vocabulary-Insertion rule can apply to both an inherent case and an unmarked core case (nominative/absolutive) without also applying to ...
Stanislao Zompi
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