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Eccentric Agreement and Multiple Case Checking

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  1. JONATHAN DAVID BOBALJIK
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  1. University of Toronto, ON, Canada

    ALANA JOHNS

  2. University of Toronto, ON, Canada

    DIANE MASSAM

  3. University of Toronto, ON, Canada

    JUVENAL NDAYIRAGIJE

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BOBALJIK, J.D., BRANIGAN, P. (2006). Eccentric Agreement and Multiple Case Checking. In: JOHNS, A., MASSAM, D., NDAYIRAGIJE, J. (eds) ERGATIVITY. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 65. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4188-8_3

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