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On our third meeting, we will be discussing Martin (2024), a historical reconciliation of case and switch-reference marking in Muskogean languages.

Case markers and switch-reference markers in the Muskogean languages are often similar in form and can be difficult to distinguish. This paper surveys both phenomena in each branch of the family. It argues that cleft clauses in Proto-Muskogean appeared after noun phrases to indicate focus. These cleft clauses ended in same- and different-subject switch-reference markers. With time, the cleft clauses were reinterpreted as subject and nonsubject case markers.

Martin, J. B. (2024). From Switch-Reference to Case Marking In Muskogean: The Role of Clefts. International Journal of American Linguistics, 90(4), 445–486. https://doi.org/10.1086/731659

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Date/Time: 24 October, 2pm

Venue: Room S38, 7 George Square

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