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Peshpeg displays a three-way split in its morphological alignment. The nominal class system follows a nominative-accusative pattern among Class I nouns, an ergative-absolutive pattern in Class II nouns, and a direct alignment in its Class III nouns. The nominative-accusative pattern marks direct objects with the submorpheme ''-j-''. The ergative-absolutive system is distinguished by the submorpheme ''-d-'' for ergative arguments. The direct alignment system has zero-marking on all core arguments, and makes no number distinction at all. | Peshpeg displays a three-way split in its morphological alignment, reflecting the nominal system's animacy hierarchy. The nominal class system follows a nominative-accusative pattern among Class I nouns, an ergative-absolutive pattern in Class II nouns, and a direct alignment in its Class III nouns. The nominative-accusative pattern marks direct objects with the submorpheme ''-j-''. The ergative-absolutive system is distinguished by the submorpheme ''-d-'' for ergative arguments. The direct alignment system has zero-marking on all core arguments, and makes no number distinction at all. | ||
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