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Southern Nilotic Impersonal Constructions from a Typological Perspective
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This presentation will explore a set of cognate constructions in the Southern Nilotic family that have variably been described as passive, impersonal, and third person plural subject constructions. Based on their formal and functional features, it will be argued that the term “impersonal” is the most appropriate label to describe these constructions, and it will be demonstrated how the constructions align and do not align with generalizations from the typological literature on impersonals.
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