Roberts, Jessica Lee2016-06-132016-06-131978-05Roberts, J. L. (1978). Ergative switching in Mabuyag. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 4(Spring), 65-128.2371-2643http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51269It 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.enLinguisticsSyntaxMabuyag languageGrammar, Comparative and general--Ergative constructionsjournal article10.11575/PRISM/29001