In some languages every subject is marked in the same way, and also every object. But there are languages in which a small set of verbs mark their subjects or t

Interest in non-canonically case-marked subjects has been unceasing since the groundbreaking work of Andrews and Masica in the late 70’s who were the first to

This book is the outcome of several decades of research experience, with contributions by leading scholars based on long-term field research. It combines approa

Although the interest in the concept of partitivity has continuously increased in the last decades and has given rise to considerable advances in research, the

The aim of this book is to investigate and attain new insights on how and to what extent the wider sociolinguistic context of language use and contact impinges