[Lingtyp] Studies of discourse in ergative languages

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13 January 2016, Tasaku Tsunoda

Bibliography: Studies of discourse in ergative languages

Dear Colleagues,

    The following people kindly provided the following information:

William Croft, Matthew Dryer, Daniel Everett, Spike Gildea, Geoffrey Haig,
Paul J. Hopper, Guillaume Jacques, Siva Kalyan, Gilbert Lazard, Marianne
Mithun, Elke Nowak and Eva Schultze-Berndt.

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Jacques, Guillaume. From ergative to index of comparison: multiple
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Jacques, Guillaume.
A New Grammaticalisation Pathway: From Non-Finite Verb to Ergative Marker

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