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The acquisition of ergative languages

Clifton L. Pye

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Ergative languages have challenged the ingenuity of linguists for more than a century (Dixon 1979, Plank 1979). In this paper I will explore the learnability problems associated with ergative languages

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Ergative languages have challenged the ingenuity of linguists for more than a century (Dixon 1979, Plank 1979). In this paper I will explore the learnability problems associated with ergative languages

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Ergative languages have challenged the ingenuity of linguists for more than a century (Dixon 1979, Plank 1979). In this paper I will explore the learnability problems associated with ergative languages

Key concepts: Ergative case, Linguistics, Computer science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Transitive relation, Combinatorics

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