A typological anomaly in some Surma languages

This paper presents evidence that at least three languages in the Surma group (and possibly also Proto-Surma) are exceptions to the proposed typological "universal" that languages with basic VSO word order do not have post-positions [Greenberg 1963:78]. There is no attempt made here to hyp...

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Main Author: Peter Unseth
Format: article
Language:EN
FR
Published: LibraryPress@UF 1987
Subjects:
VSO
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ae4b2d1e6ddb430a8e42e6fef82c3671
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