Case Marking in Lotha
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چکیده
Case in Lotha, (a Tibeto-Burman language spoken Wokha District of Nagaland) is marked by suffixes that appear to the right noun it marks. In Lotha ergative marker can combine with both nouns and pronouns, however, nominative markers only occur pronouns. has aspectual split ergativity which word class (noun vs. pronoun), aspect, tense are determining factors. The occurs mainly A argument a transitive clause when past future. However, highly volitional or powerful S may receive marking as well. So, NP generally distinctly from O argument. perfective imperfective clauses (transitive) (intransitive). take different shapes on pronominals where, ‑j ɔ marks exclusively first person singular, ‑n second singular first, third plural, ‑ɔ dual whereas either receives null topic ‑dʒ .
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Himalayan linguistics
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1544-7502']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5070/h921259936