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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Dear all,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Not knowing a better term, I have a question on Tripartite Differential Argument Marking. Put concretely, are there any studies on phenomena illustrated in the
following examples from South Saami and Finnish (with rough translations)?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">(1)<span style="">
</span>South Saami (Uralic)</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">a.<span style="">
</span><i>Byöpmedh<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>
peara-h!</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>eat.<span style="font-variant:small-caps">imp.2sg</span><span style="">
</span><span style=""> </span>potato-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">pl.nom</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>‘Eat (many) potatoes!’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">b.<span style="">
</span><i>Byöpmedh<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>
pear-ide!</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>eat.<span style="font-variant:small-caps">imp.2sg</span><span style="">
</span><span style=""> </span>potato-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">pl.acc</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>‘Eat the potatoes!’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">a.<span style="">
</span><i>Byöpmedh<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>
pear-ijste!</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>eat.<span style="font-variant:small-caps">imp.2sg</span><span style="">
</span><span style=""> </span>potato-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">pl.ela</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>‘Eat (partially some of the) potatoes!’</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">(2)<span style="">
</span>Finnish (Uralic)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">a.<span style="">
</span><i>Suklaa<span style=""> </span>löyty-i.</i></span></p>
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</span>chocolate.<span style="font-variant:small-caps">nom</span><span style="">
</span>be.found-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">pst.3sg</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>‘The chocolate was found.’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">b.<span style="">
</span><i>Suklaa-ta<span style=""> </span>löyty-i.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>chocolate-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">part</span><span style="">
</span>be.found-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">pst.3sg</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>‘(Some) chocolate was found / There was (some) chocolate.’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">c.<span style="">
</span><i>Suklaa-ssa<span style=""> </span>löyty-i.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>chocolate-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">ine</span><span style="">
</span>be.found-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">pst.3sg</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">
</span>‘There was a lot of chocolate.’</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Although the South Saami elative (<span style="font-variant:small-caps">ela</span>) case or
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">the Finnish inessive (<span style="font-variant:small-caps">ine</span>) case</span> have not been traditionally considered object (1c) or subject (2c) markers, my main concern here
is not the terminology, but instead, I would be happy to know whether there are any studies – or any information, for that matter – on alternating argument marking involving more than two different grammatical markers, as seen in the above examples.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Best regards,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Jussi</span></p>
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