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Name: The rhematic direct object case marking in the Tuvan language

Authors: Ondar Choygan Gennadyevich

Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

In the section Linguistics

Abstract: The paper deals with the problem of the direct object case marking in the Tuvan language. It was revealed that the choice of the direct object case form depends on its position in the communicative structure. The use of rhematic direct object in Nominative and Accusative case is examined in detail in different types of sentences.

Keywords: direct object, case marking, communicative status, rheme, nominative, accusative, rhematic position, types of statements

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