Keywords
Morphological casa
Differential object marking
Differential subject marking.
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Abstract
In this paper, I present an analysis of the relationship between abstract Case assignment and the morphological markers in Ka’apor. I show that this language has some alternations on subject and object marking, but those are the result of different processes. Regarding the subject, I argue that the language assigns different types of abstract Cases. Some subjects receive Case based on structural relations; while others get inherent Case, if they bear some specific thematic-role. On the other hand, objects always receive the same abstract Case, based on structural relations. However, they can exhibit different morphological markers, depending on how high they are in a scale of animacy and definitiness.References
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