Rebecca Tollan (University of Delaware) and faculty member Daphna Heller have published "Pronoun Resolution and Ergativity: Effects of Subjecthood and Case in Niuean." in Language.
Their investigations study if the Polynesian language Niuean shows the same subject preference found for nominative-accusative language or if an absolutive argument is preferred as a referent.
This is a can't-miss article for all our semantic/syntax lovers!
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