Grammatical Relations and Ergativity in St'át'imcets (Lillooet Salish)

@article{Roberts1999GrammaticalRA,
  title={Grammatical Relations and Ergativity in St'{\'a}t'imcets (Lillooet Salish)},
  author={Taylor Roberts},
  journal={International Journal of American Linguistics},
  year={1999},
  volume={65},
  pages={275 - 302}
}
  • T. Roberts
  • Published 1 July 1999
  • Sociology
  • International Journal of American Linguistics
L'A. analyse les relations grammaticales du sujet transitif, du sujet intransitif et de l'objet direct dasn une langue salish : le st'at'imcets. Il examine le regroupement de ces caracteres dans des systemes accusatifs ou ergatifs 
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