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head-marking and dependent-marking: a standalone construct

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Linguistic typology

the typological contrast between languages that mark grammatical relations on the head of a phrase and those that mark them on its dependents.

In linguistic typology, head-marking and dependent-marking refers to the typological contrast between languages that mark grammatical relations on the head of a phrase and those that mark them on its dependents. This meaning comes from Nichols (1986) in Language.[1]

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contrast4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs head3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs phrase3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Nichols, J. (1986). Head-Marking and Dependent-Marking Grammar. Language, 62(1), 56-119. https://doi.org/10.2307/415601

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