Browsing by Author "Roberts, Jessica Lee"

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    Ergative switching in Mabuyag
    (1977) Roberts, Jessica Lee; Klokeid, Terry J.
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    Ergative switching in Mabuyag
    (University of Calgary, 1978-05) Roberts, Jessica Lee
    It is the intent of this thesis to examine a rule of syntax in Mabuyag, a language of the Western Torres Strait, and to determine what concerning this rule (called Ergative Swtiching (ES)) is language specific and what falls from a general theory. I show how a rule which appears to be language specific can be better accounted for as a part of a general theory rather than as a language specific fact.