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Ergative Case-marking in Hindi

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Differential Subject Marking

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de Hoop, H., Narasimhan, B. (2009). Ergative Case-marking in Hindi. In: de Hoop, H., de Swart, P. (eds) Differential Subject Marking. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6497-5_4

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