Pronominal clitic variation in the Yapa languages: some historical speculations
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1996
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Nash, David
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Lincom Europa
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I attempt a reconstruction of the pronominal enclitics of the smallest subgroup including Warlpiri, the Yapa (previously Ngarga) subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan languages. Then I present the variation in modern Warlpiri pronominal enclitics as a basis for inference about the development of some of their properties. I conclude that there is tension between competing models: a template, or phrase-structure rules.
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historical linguistics, Australian languages, morphology
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Studies in Kimberley Languages in Honour of Howard Coate
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2037-12-31
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