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Aspect conditions ergative split systems in natural languages.
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Aspect conditions ergative split systems in natural languages, a well-documented typological pattern where case-marking alignment shifts based on tense, aspect, or mood.

Evidence for · 3
Nominative-absolutive
2010 · cited by 10
Paper 5 highlights how case-marking patterns and verbal cross-referencing in split-ergative constructions are conditioned by tense-aspect-mood categories.
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The claim is a specific, empirically verifiable linguistic proposition regarding the conditioning of split ergativity. Multiple papers (5, 10, 11) provide direct linguistic evidence from various language families showing that aspect or tense-aspect categories condition ergative splits. There are no papers refuting the claim, making the balance overwhelmingly supported.

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Light Verbs and Split Ergativity in the Western Cholan Languages
2006 · cited by 2
Paper 10 discusses Western Cholan languages where split-ergative systems are fundamentally based on aspect.
Tense-aspect conditioned agent marking in Kanakanavu, an Austronesian language of Taiwan
2023 · cited by 2
Paper 11 documents how agent case marking in the Austronesian language Kanakanavu is conditioned by the tense-aspect value of the clause.
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