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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Autor principal:	Peter Unseth
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1987
Materias:	Surma Proto-Surma VSO post-positions typology Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ae4b2d1e6ddb430a8e42e6fef82c36712021-11-19T03:54:55ZA typological anomaly in some Surma languages10.32473/sal.v18i3.1074730039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/ae4b2d1e6ddb430a8e42e6fef82c36711987-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107473https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis 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 hypothesize how this came about, only to call attention to the fact that these three languages are typologically anomalous.Peter UnsethLibraryPress@UFarticleSurmaProto-SurmaVSOpost-positionstypologyPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 18, Iss 3 (1987)
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topic	Surma Proto-Surma VSO post-positions typology Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Surma Proto-Surma VSO post-positions typology Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Peter Unseth A typological anomaly in some Surma languages
description	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 hypothesize how this came about, only to call attention to the fact that these three languages are typologically anomalous.
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author	Peter Unseth
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title	A typological anomaly in some Surma languages
title_short	A typological anomaly in some Surma languages
title_full	A typological anomaly in some Surma languages
title_fullStr	A typological anomaly in some Surma languages
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publishDate	1987
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A typological anomaly in some Surma languages

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