On markedness in locative and existential predication: “Existential takeover”, frequency and complexity in Siberian languages

The present paper investigates existential and locative clauses in fourteen Siberian languages. It is shown that all of them exhibit patterns of so-called “existential takeover”, i.e. originally existential items occurring in locative predication. Starting from the observation that locative predicat...

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Main Author: Chris Lasse Däbritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2025-01-01
Series:Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads
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Online Access:https://typologyatcrossroads.unibo.it/article/view/18005
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