[Lingtyp] Alternating argument marking conditioned by word order?

[Uta Reinöhl]

Dear Ilja,

the optionality of ergative marking has been linked (directly) to word 
order differences in Tima (Niger-Congo), see Casaretto, Antje, 
Dimmendaal, Gerrit J., Hellwig, Birgit, Reinöhl, Uta, Schneider-Blum, 
Gertrud. 2020. Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond), Studies in 
African Linguistics 49, 111-140.

You'll find the relevant examples on and around p. 122.

There may be other more detailed descriptions in other publications by 
Gertrud Schneider-Blum and possibly Gerrit Dimmendaal.

Best

Uta

Am 14/12/2023 um 20:27 schrieb Ilja A. Seržant:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am looking for (and collecting) any kind of argument marking 
> alternations (differential marking systems) that are constrained by 
> word order (not necessarily exclusively). I would appreciate any hints 
> to languages that exhibit this kind of differential marking and to the 
> respective research publications.
>
> Best,
>
> Ilja Seržant
>
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